Bio Arumugam Manthiram Education Ph. D. (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1980 M. S. (Chemistry), Madurai University, Madurai, India, 1976 B. S. (Chemistry), Madurai University, Madurai, India, 1974 Experience Director, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UT-Austin, 2011 – 2022 Director, Texas Materials Institute, UT-Austin, 2011 – 2022 Professor, UT-Austin, 2000 – present Associate Professor, UT-Austin, 1996 – 2000 Assistant Professor, UT-Austin, 1991 – 1996 Research Associate, Materials Science and Engineering, UT-Austin, 1986 – 1991 Research Associate, University of Oxford, England, 1985 – 1986 Lecturer in Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 1981 – 1985 Post-doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1980 -1981 Honors and Awards Olin Palladium Award, Electrochemical Society, 2025 Faraday Lecture Award, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India, 2025 Yeager Award for Lifetime Achievement, International Battery Materials Association, 2024 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2023 Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award, 2023 Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award, 2023 John B. Goodenough Award, Electrochemical Society, 2023 George T. and Glady H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering, 2022 Battery Division Technology Award, Electrochemical Society, 2021 Fellow, The Academy of Sciences, Chennai, India, 2021 Research Award, International Battery Association, 2020 Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching, Electrochemical Society, 2020 Elected Member, World Academy of Ceramics, 2020 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, 2019 Honorary Mechanical Engineer, ME Academy of Distinguished Alumni, UT Austin, 2019 Da Vinci Award, ME Department, UT Austin, 2018 Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award, UT Austin, 2016 Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2016 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2015 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014 Battery Division Research Award, Electrochemical Society, 2014 Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering, UT Austin, 2014 Renowned Visiting Professorship, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India, 2013 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (University-wide), UT Austin, 2012 Fellow, Electrochemical Society, 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award in Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, 2011 Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering, UT Austin, 2009 Jack S. Josey Professorship in Energy Studies, UT Austin, 2008 B. F. Goodrich Endowed Professorship in Materials Engineering, UT Austin, 2006 Founding Fellow, World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, 2006 Fellow, American Ceramic Society, 2004 Ashley H. Priddy Centennial Professorship in Engineering, UT Austin, 2002 Charlotte Maer Patton Centennial Fellowship in Engineering, UT Austin, 1998 Faculty Leadership Award, UT Austin, 1996 Faculty Excellence Award of Halliburton Foundation, UT Austin, 1994 Journal Editorship and Editorial Boards Regional Editor (USA): Solid State Ionics Editorial Board: ACS Energy Letters; Energy Storage Materials; SmartMat; Small Structures; Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research; Ceramics International; Electron; Next Energy Research Interests Batteries: Lithium-ion, sodium-ion, metal-sulfur, lithium-metal, sodium-metal, mediator-ion and all-solid-state batteries Materials chemistry: novel synthesis, advanced characterization, electronic and ionic transport, prototype device fabrication, structure-property-performance relationships Publication Summary > 1,000 journal articles with > 130,000 citations and an h-index of 177 > 500 presentations with > 400 invited talks 21 issued patents
