R. RAMESH Distinguished University Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering And Department of Physics Ph : 301-405-7364 ; FAX : 301-314-7136 ; email : rr136@umail.umd.edu
EDUCATION 1983-1987 M.S, Ph.D. in Materials Science , University of California, Berkeley 1980-1983 B.E. in Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 1977-1980 B.S. in Chemistry, Madras University, Madras, India EMPLOYMENT August 1999-Present Jan. 1995-Aug 1999 Jan.1988-Jan 1995 Sept.1987-Dec. 1988 Aug.1983-Aug.1987
Professor, University of Maryland, College Park Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park Member of Technical Staff, Bell Communications Research, Red Bank Postdoctoral Associate, NCEM, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
RESEARCH INTERESTS Thin film growth and materials physics of complex oxides: Structure-Property-Processing interrelationships ; Crystalline Oxides on Semiconductors ; Functional metal oxide thin film deposition and processing for microelectronic, magneto-electronic, optical and high frequency applications; Oxide thin film heterostructures : growth mechanisms and defect structures; physics of magneto-transport and electrotransport ; half-metallic ferromagnets; transport phenomena in highly correlated systems ; Multiferroic oxide heterostructures ; size effects ; self-assembled oxide nanostructures. Nanoscale Characterization : Understanding Materials Physics at the nanoscale using Scanned Probes ; Applications of scanning force microscopy to study domains, switching and polarization dynamics in ferroic thin films ; scaling studies using electric and magnetic force microscopy ; Application of TEM techniques to solving materials problems; high resolution imaging of defect and crystal structure; analytical electron microscopy and micro-diffraction techniques; Lorentz imaging of domains ; Materials Processing for Devices : Nano-fabrication technologies; novel physical phenomena in complex electronic and magnetic materials with shrinking dimensions; dry etching technologies for device fabrication. Information Technologies : Non-volatile information storage technologies ; Ferroelectric Memories ; Dynamic Random Access Memories ; Field effect devices ; Thin film magnetic and magneto-resistive devices; CMR thin films and heterostructures ; oxide spin valves and magnetic tunnel junctions.

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