Gururaj Naik is an associate professor at Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University. He joined Rice in 2016. Previously, he was a post-doctoral scholar in the Dionne group at Stanford University. He received a B.E. from Visvesvaraya Technological University and an M.E. from the Indian Institute of Science, both in India. During his Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University, he worked with Prof. Vladimir Shalaev and Prof. Alexandra Boltasseva to develop new plasmonic materials for nanophotonic applications. His research interests lie in the application of nanophotonic principles for energy, imaging, and health. Gururaj is a recipient of the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship, an Outstanding Graduate Research Award from Purdue University, and a Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Science.

 

Education & training

Postdoctoral Scholar (Mat. Sci. Engg.)    Stanford University    2013-16
PhD (Elec. Comp. Engg.)    Purdue University    2013
ME (Microelectronics)    Indian Institute of Science    2008
BE (Elec. Comm. Engg.)    Visvesvaraya Technological University    2006

Honors and Awards

• Graduate Student Fellowship, IEEE Photonics Society 2013
  (awarded to top ten applicants all over the world)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award,  2013
  College of Engineering, Purdue University
  (awarded to one in each of the 11 schools of engineering)
• Graduate Ambassador of Birck Nanotechnology Center 2011,12
  (awarded to 10 out of 200+ graduate students at the nanotechnology center)
• Alumni Gold Medal, 2008
  Electrical & Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
  (awarded to the highest CGPA scorer in M.E)
• All India Rank 1 (among 37,000+) in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2005
• `Class of 78′ Scholarship’ 2005
  Dept. of ECE, B.M.S College of Engineering (awarded to top 3 out of 300+ students)