Brief bio
Dr. Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram directs a large, productive research group in electrochemical energy technologies with about 30 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. His current research is focused on rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and supercapacitors. Specifically, his group is engaged in developing new, low-cost, efficient materials for these clean energy technologies, novel chemical synthesis and processing approaches for nanomaterials, and a fundamental understanding of their structure-property-performance relationships.
Dr. Manthiram holds the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #7. He is also currently the Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program. He has more than 600 archival journal articles and has been awarded ten patents.
