Manish Chhowalla

{{Short description|Material scientist}}

Manish Chhowalla {{Postnom|country=GB|FREng}} is a material scientist who has been the Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge since 2018.{{Cite web |title=Vacancies, appointments, etc. |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/weekly/6512/section2.shtml |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Cambridge University Reporter}}{{Cite web |title=Professor Manish Chhowalla FREng |url=https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2022/professor-manish-chhowalla-freng |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=raeng.org.uk |language=en}} In early 2024 he received a £2.5 million grant for his research.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Three University of Cambridge researchers earn £2.5m engineering awards for their emerging technologies |url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/three-university-of-cambridge-researchers-earn-2-5m-enginee-9358367/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Cambridge Independent |language=en}} Also that year he was named the editor-in-chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability.{{Cite web |title=Materials Research Society Names Manish Chhowalla as New Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability |url=https://www.mrs.org/publications-digital-content/news/press-room/press-release/2024/04/16/mrs-names-manish-chhowalla-as-new-editor-in-chief-of-mrs-energy-sustainability |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.mrs.org |language=en}} Chhowalla previously worked at Rutgers University, where he was a professor of materials science and director of the Rutgers Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2016 |title=Just one second in the microwave could be the key to high-quality graphene |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/09/just-one-second-in-the-microwave-could-be-the-key-to-high-quality-graphene/ |website=World Economic Forum}}

He received a PhD from Churchill College, Cambridge.{{Cite web |date=May 2025 |title=Professor Manish Chhowalla |url=https://www.royce.ac.uk/about-royce/people/professor-manish-chhowalla/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Henry Royce Institute |language=en}} In 2020 the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining awarded him the A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize.{{Cite web |last= |title=Award winners 2020 |url=https://www.iom3.org/events-awards/awards/awards-archive/iom3-awards-winners.html |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=IOM3}}