ArumugamManthiram

Texas Engineer Arumugam Manthiram
ProfessorGeorge T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering

Research Areas
Research Interests

Clean energy materials; Electrochemical energy conversion and storage; Lithium ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors and solar cells; Nanomaterials

About

Manthiram’s research focuses on electrochemical energy technologies. His lab’s use-inspired research is focused on the design and development of high-performance, affordable, supply-chain-friendly materials for electrochemical energy storage with a firm basic science understanding of the richness and complexities involved. In the 1980s, Manthiram invented a path to use the cheapest metal iron in lithium-ion batteries as polyanion cathodes—93% of mining worldwide is iron.

He is the author of more than 1,000 journal articles with 132,000 citations and an h-index of 176. Manthiram provided training to more than 300 students and postdoctoral fellows, including graduating 77 Ph.D. and 30 M.S. students. Some 60 of his graduates are faculty; others hold leading battery industry positions around the world.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India (1980)
M.S., Chemistry, Madurai University, Madurai, India (1976)
B.S., Chemistry, Madurai University, Madurai, India (1974)

Select Awards & Honors

  • Olin Palladium Award – Electrochemical Society (2025)
  • Faraday Lecture Award – Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India (2025)
  • Yeager Lifetime Achievement Award, International Battery Materials Association (2024)
  • Fellow – National Academy of Inventors (2023)
  • Inaugural John B. Goodenough Award – Electrochemical Society (2023)
  • Battery Division Technology Award – Electrochemical Society (2021)
  • Academician – World Academy of Ceramics (2020)
  • Delivered Chemistry Nobel Prize Lecture on behalf of Professor John Goodenough (2019)
  • Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2016)
  • Fellow – Materials Research Society (2016)
  • Fellow – Royal Society of Chemistry (2015)
  • Fellow – American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015)
  • Battery Division Research Award – Electrochemical Society (2014)
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award – UT Austin (2012)
  • Fellow, Electrochemical Society (2011)
  • Fellow – American Ceramic Society (2004)

Select Publications

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