Sanjay Mathur

Sanjay Mathur is a Chair Professor and Director of the Institute of Inorganic Materials Chemistry at the University of Cologne in Germany. He is a Distinguished Professor and International Faculty at IIT Madras, and IIT Kharagpur, India. He is also a Visiting Professor at IIT Bhilai and IISER, Tirupati. He is also the Director of the Institute of Renewable Energy Sources at the Xian Jiao Tong University, Xian, China and a World Class University Professor at the Chonbuk University in Korea. His research interests focus on application of nanomaterials and advanced ceramics for energy and health technologies. He holds several patents and has authored/ co-authored over 540 original research publications (h index, 83) and has edited several books. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Electroceramics, and Editor for Nano Energy. He is an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. He is a Fellow of ACerS, ASM International and MRS. He was elected Fellow of the European Academy of Science in 2020 and as Foreign Fellow of National Academy of Science, India in 2021. He was awarded the Woody White Award of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in 2021 and had received the Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India (2022). He is also the recipient of the Materials Frontiers Award (2022) of the International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS, 2022). He has served as the President of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS, 2022-23), USA. He serves on the Boards of European Science Council, German Ceramic Society and German Materials Society. He was elected Fellow of the European Ceramic Society (2025) and Academician of the African Academy of Science (2025).