Navaneetha Krishnan Ravichandran

Navaneetha Krishnan Ravichandran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. His research focuses on nanoscale energy transport in materials, particularly in insulators, semiconductors, and metals. He leads the Nanoscale Energy Transport Lab (NETLab), which develops experimental and computational tools to study phonon and electron transport phenomena.

• Education: B.Tech./M.Tech., IIT Madras; M.S. and Ph.D., Caltech; Postdoc, Boston College
• Awards: Infosys Young Investigator (2022-2023), PMRF, Dow-Resnick Fellowship

His research interests include thermal properties of crystalline solids, phonon-phonon interactions, and the development of high-thermal-conductivity materials for sustainable lighting. Recent work highlights the role of scattering selection rules in phonon dynamics and the optimization of materials like boron arsenide for enhanced thermal management.

• Key grants: SERB Core Research Grant, MATRICS, IQTI seed grant
• Lab facilities: Transient Grating experiments, access to IISc's supercomputing resources

Navaneetha has advised multiple Ph.D. students and collaborates on interdisciplinary projects in quantum technologies and energy sciences.