Dr. Ananth Govind Rajan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. Ananth received his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2013) and his Masters in Chemical Engineering Practice (2015) and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2019) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, Ananth worked with Profs. Daniel Blankschtein and Michael S. Strano. Subsequently, Ananth conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University (2019-2020), with Prof. Emily A. Carter, before joining IISc as an Assistant Professor in August 2020. In September 2025, Ananth was promoted to Associate Professor. Ananth’s research interests lie in the field of modeling and simulation of nanomaterials, including their synthesis and applications for clean energy and water technologies. Ananth is the recipient of the Prof. Priti Shankar Teaching Award from IISc, the Class of Influential Researchers from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, the Infosys Young Investigator Award from Infosys Foundation and IISc, the Rosemary J Wojtowicz Award from the MIT School of Chemical Engineering Practice, the Carbon Nanomaterials Graduate Student Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Institute Silver Medal from IIT Delhi. He serves on the Early Career Board of Nano Letters and EES Catalysis. His CV can be accessed here.