Surendra B. Anantharaman has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras since May 2023. His current research focuses broadly on strong light-matter interactions, light-emitting devices, energy harvesting systems, and spin/charge injection in perovskite optoelectronic devices.
Before joining IIT Madras, he was a Group Leader for Perovskite Optoelectronics division at AMO GmbH, Aachen, Germany and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He investigated exciton-polariton dynamics upon strong light-matter coupling without an external cavity from two-dimensional (2D) perovskites, transition metal-dichalcogenides, and emerging 2D hybrid materials. He received his Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 2019 on “Exciton Dynamics in 2D Organic Assemblies for Realization of Next-Generation Optoelectronic Devices”. He also had a stint working with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Taiwan, in the Thin Films Division before joining the Ph.D. program.
Low-dimensional semiconductors
Strong Light-Matter Interactions
Optoelectronic Devices
Quantum Materials and Devices
Nanophotonics
2023 - Till date
Assistant Professor
2019-2021 - Principal Investigator, SNSF Early Postdoc. Mobility Fellowship
2016 - Recipient of JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers
2015-2019 - Recipient of Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship, PhD Research
2009-2012 - Research Assistantship for M.S research by the Government of India
Current Courses
MM5050 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics July - December 2025 (M.Tech - Core Course)