Dr. Viswanathan’s research focuses on identifying the scientific principles governing material design, inorganic, organic and biomaterials, for novel energy conversion and storage routes. Viswanathan reveived a Pd.D. from Stanford University and a B.Tech and M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has also recieved numerous awards for his research including the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2016. Viswanathan tweets about energy and materials topics with @venkvis.