Ramakrishna Podila

Ramakrishna Podila is an Indian-born American physicist and nanomaterials researcher. He is currently an Associate Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Clemson University and is the director of the Clemson Nano-bio lab. He is known for his interdisciplinary research at the interface of physics, biology, and nanoscience. His lab integrates the principles of condensed matter physics, optical spectroscopy, and physiological chemistry to understand physics at the nanoscale and nano-bio interfaces.

His work led to new discoveries at the nanoscale such as: 1) time-reversal symmetry breaking with non-linear optical diodes, 2) a novel "wireless" tribo-electric generator that is capable of converting waste mechanical energy into electricity and transmit it wirelessly for storage 3) alleviating quantum capacitance effects in graphene 4) smartphone based rapid inexpensive biosensors for resource-limited settings, and 4) elucidating the origin of nano-toxicity from a fundamental quantum electronic energy levels standpoint. Provided by Wikipedia