Biography: Ashish Garg has been assistant professor of materials and metallurgical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, since 2003.

Prof. Garg’s current research interests include multifunctional materials: their thin films and devices, thin film growth and characterization, and nanoscale surface studies using scanning force microscopy. He is in the process of building a well-equipped laboratory for synthesizing and characterizing multifunctional materials. He has active collaborations with various universities across the world including the United Kingdom, the United States, and Singapore.

Quote: "This award will give me an opportunity to attend the TMS Annual Meeting where I can meet the scientific community from different parts of the world and can exchange my ideas and thoughts with them. Besides, it gives an excellent opportunity to learn about one’s own area of research as well as other active areas of research, as knowledge can only be enhanced by sharing and working together towards a goal.”