Supriyo Datta

Supriyo Datta (born February 2, 1954) is an Indian–American researcher and author. A leading figure in the modeling and understanding of nano-scale electronic conduction, he has been called "one of the most original thinkers in the field of nanoscale electronics."

As an author, his books and online courses are widely used as original research and design work in the field of nanotechnology and electronic devices. He then received both his MS and PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in 1977 and 1979, respectively.

In 1981, he joined Purdue University, where he is (since 1999) the Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering. He was also director of the NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing until 2007. He has also worked on probabilistic p-bits. and is widely used in the field of spintronics. This "proposal planted the idea that spin could be used in its own right as a means to carry and manipulate information — and gave birth to the new field of spintronics."

Negative capacitance electronics In 2008, along with Sayeef Salahuddin he proposed the concept of negative capacitance devices, which is now considered a prime candidate for reducing dissipation and extending Moore's law.

Honours and awards Datta received the President of India Gold Medal at graduation from IIT Kharagpur in 1975.

He is included in Purdue's Book of Great Teachers the 2018 Seed for Award given by Purdue University.

In 1996, he became both Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) as well as of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has received various IEEE awards including: the 1985 IEEE Centennial Key to the Future, and the 2008 IEEE Leon Kirchmayer Award.

In 2011, he received the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement.

In 2024, he was elected as a member into the National Academy of Sciences.

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