Piran Kidambi

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Overview:

My research leverages the intersection between i) in-situ metrology, ii) process engineering and iii) material science to enable bottom-up novel materials design and synthesis for energy, novel membrane, electronics, catalysis, metrology and healthcare applications. The key scientific questions in my field relate to understanding mechanisms for atomistic control during nanomaterial synthesis, while the engineering challenges center around developing scalable production processes and interfacing nanomaterials into functional systems to realize applications.

Awards:

-Elected as Chair of the User Executive Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2024
-AIChE, Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSEF) Young Investigator Award, 2023
-Institute of Physics, Materials Research Express, Emerging Investigators in Materials Science 2021, 2023
-Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Advances - Early Stage Investigator Honorees of the ACS Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division, 2023
-Elected as Vice Chair of the User Executive Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2023
-DOE Early Career Award, 2022
-Emerging Investigators - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022
-ACS PMSE Young Investigator Awardee, 2022
-Chair-elect Nashville section of ACS, 2022
-Junior Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 2021-2022
-ChBE Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vanderbilt University, 2021
-Member Early Career Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2021
-Elected to The User Executive Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2020
-Future Application Award, NanoScientific Symposium, 2020
-ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship, 2020
-NSF CAREER Award, 2020
-Member, Graphene Academic Council, National Graphene Association, USA, 2019
-Hamilton Company Syringe Grant Program Award, 2019
-ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2018
-ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2018
-Lindemann Trust Fellowship, UK, 2014 - 2015
-Elizabeth Mabel Burnett prize, Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge, 2014
-1st prize in ABTA 2014 Doctoral Research Award, Engineering Sciences, 2014
-Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award, 2010 - 2014
-Willi Studer prize, MAVT, ETH Zurich, 2008 - 2009
-1st prize Poster presentation, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2005