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Seeram Ramakrishna

Seeram Ramakrishna

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Materials Science
Singapore
2026

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - ASM Fellow For pioneering research on polymer composites, biocomposites and nanofibers.
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Seeram Ramakrishna is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China. Their academic contributions primarily span the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a substantial focus in subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research topics are diverse and include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials.

Several recent papers authored under their guidance or collaboration reflect their research interests:

  • Controlled Drug Delivery Systems: Current Status and Future Directions, 2021, published in Molecules
  • Electrospinning for Tissue Engineering Applications, 2020, published in Progress in Materials Science
  • Death by Waste: Fashion and Textile Circular Economy Case, 2020, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Laser Powder Bed Fusion: A State-of-the-Art Review of the Technology, Materials, Properties & Defects, and Numerical Modelling, 2022, published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • Fatigue Behaviour of FDM-3D Printed Polymers, Polymeric Composites and Architected Cellular Materials, 2020, published in International Journal of Fatigue

Frequent co-authors working with Seeram Ramakrishna include:

  • Yun-Ze Long
  • Elaheh Kowsari
  • Amutha Chinnappan
  • Erfan Rezvani Ghomi
  • R. Brindha

The primary venues where Seeram Ramakrishna publishes are:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Polymers
  • Materials Circular Economy
  • Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids

Seeram Ramakrishna is also an author of scholarly books, published with notable publishers:

  • "Additive Manufacturing," published by World Scientific in 2020
  • "Sustainability for 3D Printing," published by Springer International Publishing in 2021

The scientist's career includes recognition through various fellowships from professional bodies, including:

  • Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009)
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (2009)
  • ASM Fellow (2008) for pioneering research on polymer composites, biocomposites, and nanofibers
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2006 and additionally noted without specific year)

Best Publications

  • A review on polymer nanofibers by electrospinning and their applications in nanocomposites

    Zheng-Ming Huang;Y.-Z. Zhang;M. Kotaki;S. Ramakrishna

  • An introduction to electrospinning and nanofibers

    Seeram Ramakrishna;Kazutoshi Fujihara;Wee Eong Teo;Teik Cheng Lim

  • A review on electrospinning design and nanofibre assemblies.

    W E Teo;S Ramakrishna

  • Electrospinning of nano/micro scale poly(L-lactic acid) aligned fibers and their potential in neural tissue engineering.

    F. Yang;R. Murugan;S. Wang;S. Ramakrishna

  • Biomedical applications of polymer-composite materials: a review

    S Ramakrishna;J Mayer;E Wintermantel;Kam W Leong

  • Electrospun nanofibers: solving global issues

    Seeram Ramakrishna;Kazutoshi Fujihara;Wee-Eong Teo;Thomas Yong

  • Aligned biodegradable nanofibrous structure : a potential scaffold for blood vessel engineering

    C Y Xu;R Inai;M Kotaki;S Ramakrishna

  • Anti-reflective coatings: A critical, in-depth review

    Hemant Kumar Raut;V. Anand Ganesh;A. Sreekumaran Nair;Seeram Ramakrishna;Seeram Ramakrishna

  • A review on nanomaterials for environmental remediation

    Mya Mya Khin;A. Sreekumaran Nair;V. Jagadeesh Babu;Rajendiran Murugan

  • Controlled Drug Delivery Systems: Current Status and Future Directions.

    Shivakalyani Adepu;Seeram Ramakrishna

  • Nanofibrous filtering media: Filtration problems and solutions from tiny materials

    R.S. Barhate;Seeram Ramakrishna

  • Electrospun poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering.

    Laleh Ghasemi-Mobarakeh;Molamma P. Prabhakaran;Mohammad Morshed;Mohammad-Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

  • Electrospinning of gelatin fibers and gelatin/PCL composite fibrous scaffolds.

    Yanzhong Zhang;Hongwei Ouyang;Chwee Teck Lim;Seeram Ramakrishna

  • Potential of nanofiber matrix as tissue-engineering scaffolds.

    Zuwei Ma;Masaya Kotaki;Ryuji Inai;Seeram Ramakrishna

  • Evaluation of electrospun PCL/gelatin nanofibrous scaffold for wound healing and layered dermal reconstitution.

    E J Chong;T T Phan;I J Lim;Y Z Zhang

  • Electrospun nanofibers in energy and environmental applications

    V. Thavasi;G. Singh;S. Ramakrishna

  • Electrospun nanofibrous filtration membrane

    Renuga Gopal;Satinderpal Kaur;Zuwei Ma;Casey Chan

  • Electrospun P(LLA-CL) nanofiber: a biomimetic extracellular matrix for smooth muscle cell and endothelial cell proliferation.

    X.M Mo;C.Y Xu;M Kotaki;S Ramakrishna

  • Systematic parameter study for ultra-fine fiber fabrication via electrospinning process

    S.-H. Tan;R. Inai;M. Kotaki;S. Ramakrishna

  • Development of nanocomposites for bone grafting

    R. Murugan;S. Ramakrishna

  • Electrospinning and mechanical characterization of gelatin nanofibers

    Zheng-Ming Huang;Y.Z Zhang;S Ramakrishna;C.T Lim

  • Electrospun Nanofibers: Solving Global Issues

    Yang Si;Xiaomin Tang;Jianyong Yu;Bin Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Jayarama Reddy Venugopal
Jayarama Reddy Venugopal Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Shengjie Peng
Shengjie Peng Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Molamma P. Prabhakaran
Molamma P. Prabhakaran National University of Singapore
Subramanian Sundarrajan
Subramanian Sundarrajan National University of Singapore
Rajan Jose
Rajan Jose Ming Chi University of Technology
Subodh G. Mhaisalkar
Subodh G. Mhaisalkar Nanyang Technological University
Teik-Cheng Lim
Teik-Cheng Lim Singapore University of Social Sciences
Yanzhong Zhang
Yanzhong Zhang Donghua University
Dan Kai
Dan Kai Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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