2026 Vinayak P. Dravid: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	133	299	286	122	111	1011	75484

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to the materials physics of functional materials through the use of state of the art electron microscopy techniques
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2009 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For outstanding contributions and leadership in the nanoscale characterization of materials by electron microscopy and scanned probe microscopy.
1996 - Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America

Overview

Vinayak P. Dravid is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Dravid has contributed significantly to topics such as:

Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
2D Materials and Applications
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Their frequent publication venues include:

Microscopy and Microanalysis
Journal of the American Chemical Society
The Cambridge Structural Database
Chemistry of Materials
arXiv (Cornell University)

Among recent published papers are:

"Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal" (2021, Nature Materials)
"Efficient, stable silicon tandem cells enabled by anion-engineered wide-bandgap perovskites" (2020, Science)
"Suppressed phase segregation for triple-junction perovskite solar cells" (2023, Nature)
"Extraordinary role of Zn in enhancing thermoelectric performance of Ga-doped n-type PbTe" (2021, Energy & Environmental Science)
"Constrained C2 adsorbate orientation enables CO-to-acetate electroreduction" (2023, Nature)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dravid include:

Roberto dos Reis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Xiaobing Hu
Stephanie M. Ribet
Yukun Liu

Vinayak P. Dravid has received several awards recognizing their contributions, such as:

Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2010 - For seminal contributions to the materials physics of functional materials using advanced electron microscopy techniques
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2010
Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, 2009 - For contributions and leadership in nanoscale characterization of materials by electron microscopy and scanned probe microscopy
Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America, 1996

Best Publications

Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Yongsheng Zhang;Hui Sun

5345
Citations
High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Ivan D. Blum;Ivan D. Blum;Chun I. Wu

4993
Citations
Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao;Gangjian Tan;Shiqiang Hao;Jiaqing He

2058
Citations
Sensing behavior of atomically thin-layered MoS2 transistors

Dattatray J. Late;Yi Kai Huang;Bin Liu;Jagaran Acharya;Jagaran Acharya

1435
Citations
Hysteresis in single-layer MoS2 field effect transistors.

Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;Vinayak P. Dravid

1219
Citations
Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

Kanishka Biswas;Jiaqing He;Qichun Zhang;Guoyu Wang

1119
Citations
The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics

Li Dong Zhao;Vinayak P. Dravid;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

1077
Citations
Interaction of Fatty Acid Monolayers with Cobalt Nanoparticles

Nianqiang Wu;Lei Fu;Ming Su;Mohammed Aslam

880
Citations
Grain-boundary effects on the magnetoresistance properties of perovskite manganite films

A. Gupta;G. Q. Gong;Gang Xiao;P. R. Duncombe

814
Citations
All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance

L. D. Zhao;H. J. Wu;S. Q. Hao;C. I. Wu

791
Citations
Chemically Exfoliated MoS2 as Near-Infrared Photothermal Agents

Stanley S. Chou;Bryan Kaehr;Bryan Kaehr;Jaemyung Kim;Brian M. Foley

747
Citations
GaS and GaSe ultrathin layer transistors.

Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;Jiajun Luo;Aiming Yan

739
Citations
High Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type SnTe via a Synergistic Band Engineering and Nanostructuring Approach

Gangjian Tan;Li Dong Zhao;Fengyuan Shi;Jeff W. Doak

698
Citations
Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe-SrTe.

Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao

669
Citations
Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal.

Chongjian Zhou;Yong Kyu Lee;Yuan Yu;Sejin Byun

642
Citations
Conductive 2D metal-organic framework for high-performance cathodes in aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries.

Kwan Woo Nam;Sarah S. Park;Roberto dos Reis;Vinayak P. Dravid

618
Citations
Ligand Conjugation of Chemically Exfoliated MoS2

Stanley S. Chou;Mrinmoy De;Jaemyung Kim;Segi Byun

601
Citations
LARGE MAGNETOTUNNELING EFFECT AT LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS IN MICROMETER-SCALE EPITAXIAL LA0.67SR0.33MNO3 TUNNEL JUNCTIONS

Yu Lu;X. W. Li;G. Q. Gong;Gang Xiao

584
Citations
Rapid Characterization of Ultrathin Layers of Chalcogenides on SiO2/Si Substrates

Dattatray J. Late;Bin Liu;H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;C. N. R. Rao

578
Citations
Efficient, stable silicon tandem cells enabled by anion-engineered wide-bandgap perovskites

Daehan Kim;Hee Joon Jung;Ik Jae Park;Bryon W. Larson

576
Citations
High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures

Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Jiaqing He;Hao Li

526
Citations
High performance bulk thermoelectrics via a panoscopic approach

Jiaqing He;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis;Vinayak P. Dravid

525
Citations