Prof. Dr. Krishna Rajan

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMaterials Engineering,Mineralogy, Crystallography
Keywordsmaterials informatics, atom probe microscopy, materials modeling

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBuffalo
InstitutionState University of New York at Buffalo
InstituteDepartment of Materials Design and Innovation

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Matthias SchefflerAbteilung Theorie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2015

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Krishna Rajan from Iowa State University, Ames, USA Professor Rajan is one of the pioneers of the still new and emerging field of Materials Informatics. This field involves the application of statistical learning and other informatics techniques to a broad range of materials-science problems. During his stay in Germany, Professor Rajan will work on advancing his methods also considering complementary approaches for statistical learning developed in Berlin. Professor Rajan is hosted by Professor Matthias Robert Scheffler at the Fritz-Haber-Institute in Berlin.