N M Ravindra (Ravi) is Professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He was the Chair of the Physics Department (2009–13) and Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering at NJIT (2009–2016). Ravi is the Founding Editor of Emerging Materials Research. He serves on the editorial board of several international journals and book series that are dedicated to materials science and engineering.
Ravi and his research team have published over 300 papers in international journals, books and conference proceedings; his team has several pending and two issued patents; he has organized over 30 international conferences; and he has given over 75 talks in international meetings.