Babak Anasori

Dr. Babak Anasori is the Reilly Rising Star Associate Professor at Purdue University, with joint appointments at the Schools of Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Graphene and 2D Materials, a Springer-Nature journal. Dr. Babak Anasori received his PhD from Drexel University in 2014 in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, the birthplace of MXenes. Dr. Anasori has authored more than 190 refereed publications on MXenes and their precursors, and he has been recognized as a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher since 2019. He has received several international awards, including the 2016 Materials Research Society (MRS) Postdoctoral Award, the 2021 Drexel University 40-under-40, the 2021 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Rising Star Award in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and the 2024 Rising Star Award by Materials Today and the Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science by MRS. Dr. Anaso