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Karthik Srinivasan joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University in August 2023. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Versatile Electronics Systems Laboratory at Cornell University, where he developed amorphous ferrimagnetic alloys and spin-on-magnetics for applications in widely tunable microwave/millimeter-wave devices such as phase shifters and circulators. He earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where he was awarded the prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for his thesis on photonic isolators and magnonics using rare-earth iron garnets. His Ph.D. research paved the way for both monolithic and heterogeneous integration of garnets, a type of magneto-optical material, on silicon waveguides-based photonic devices, and explored new garnet chemistries for applications in magnetic memories, microwave filters, and atomic clocks. He received his B.S. in electronics and communication engineering from Anna University in Chennai, India.

Outside the lab, he has served as the Vice Chairperson for the Twin Cities chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society, and as a mentor for Cornell’s Multicultural Academic Council. He is keen on advancing access to STEM education for underrepresented minorities and strives to support an academic ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation.

Akash obtained his undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), New Delhi, India. He has previously worked in the lab of Nano Science and Technology at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, where his research focused on gas sensors using carbon nanostructures. His current interests include sputter deposition of novel chalcogenides and photonic computing devices. He also enjoys gaming and music.