Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Hemaprabha E

Assistant Professor

+91 32 2228 4758

hemaprabha [at] iitm [dot] ac [dot] in

  • NAC 230

  • Hema has her bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University Chennai, and she is the gold medalist of her batch. Later she joined for her Masters and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. She was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on synthesising, developing, and fabricating functional nanomaterials and devices. She has expertise in utilizing electron microscopy tools to understand the atomic to microlevel functionalities and phase transformations in electronic materials.

  • (Quantitative) in situ electron microscopy
  • Functional nanomaterials and thin films
  • Atomic to device-scale functionality investigation
  • Phase transformation studies
  • Alloy preparation and design

  • 2023 - Till date
  • Assistant Professor

  1. 2019-Institute postdoctoral fellowship by Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
  2. 2013-P. Chandrasekaran Memorial Endowment for the Best Outgoing Student with excellent academic performance in Material Science and Engineering by CEG - Anna University Chennai
  3. 2012-Offered “Student Innovative Idea” project award, funded by Centre for Technology Development and Transfer, CEG – Anna University Chennai
  4. 2012-Student Internship offer by Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  5. 2011-Student Internship offer by National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan