Prashun Gorai

Dr. Prashun Gorai is an Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his Bachelor’s degree (Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, 2008) and PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014) in Chemical Engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow (2014-2017) at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dr. Gorai held a research assistant professor position in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Mines from 2018-2024. He holds a joint appointment at NREL. His research utilizes computational tools, including first-principles methods and machine learning, to discover and design functional materials for energy conversion and storage, next-generation microelectronics, and environmental sustainability. He closely collaborates with experimentalists in the US and internationally, and leads the 3D Materials Lab: www.prashungorai.org. Dr. Gorai received the Chemistry of Materials lectureship award from the American Chemical Society (2023), and the Young Investigator Award from the International Thermoelectric Society (2022). He is an active member of the Materials Research Society (MRS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and American Chemical Society (ACS).