Supriyo Datta

Supriyo Datta is the Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, whose groundbreaking contributions have transformed the field of nanoelectronics. Initially starting his career in ultrasonics, he shifted his focus to nanoscale electronic devices in 1985, where he developed revolutionary approaches to quantum transport. His pioneering work combines the non-equilibrium Green function (NEGF) formalism with the Landauer formalism, which has become a cornerstone in nanoelectronics research. His influential books, including "Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems" (1995), "Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor" (2005), and "Lessons from Nanoelectronics" (2012), have shaped the field's theoretical foundation. His innovative theoretical proposals have sparked new research areas in molecular thermoelectricity, negative capacitance devices, and spintronics, leading to his election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)