Seidikkurippu Nellainayagam Piramanayagam

A/Prof. S.N. Piramanayagam has an experience of 30 years in the field of magnetism with research topics ranging from amorphous magnetic alloys for energy applications, permanent magnetic materials to thin films and nanostructures for recording and spintronics applications. His current interest lies in the interdisciplinary areas of magnetism, electronics and nanotechnology. He obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

After his PhD, he carried out further research at Shinshu University, Japan (from 1995-1999). S.N. Piramanayagam is a senior member of IEEE. He serves as an editor of IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, as an editorial board member of Scientific reports (Nature publishing Group) and Physica Status Solidi-RRL. He has more than 175 publications in ISI journals, filed several patents and edited a book titled "Developments in Data Storage: Materials Perspective". Prior to joining NTU, he worked in Data Storage Institute, Singapore (A*STAR).