Sasikanth Manipatruni

Sasikanth Manipatruni
Born1984 (age 41–42)
Alma materCornell University
ETH Zurich
IIT Delhi
Indian Institute of Science
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Known forBeyond CMOS
Magneto-Electric Spin-Orbit
Silicon photonics
Spintronics
In-memory processing
Quantum materials
Artificial intelligence
AwardsIEEE/ACM Young Innovator Award, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers award, SRC Mahboob Khan Award
Scientific career
InstitutionsIntel
General Electric Research Laboratory
Cornell University
ETH Zurich
Indian Institute of Science
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
ThesisScaling silicon nanophotonic interconnects : silicon electrooptic modulators, slowlight & optomechanical devices (2010)
Doctoral advisorMichal Lipson
Alexander Gaeta
Other academic advisorsAjoy Ghatak
Manfred Morari
Christopher J. Hardy
Keren Bergman

Sasikanth Manipatruni is an Indian-American computer scientist and inventor known for his work in Beyond CMOS energy-efficient computing, spintronics and Silicon photonics. He is the lead author on Intel's 2018 Nature paper proposing MESO magneto-electric spin-orbit devices, an experimental beyond-CMOS logic technology combining Multiferroics and spin-orbit coupling to achieve ultra-low switching energies. His research has been covered by independent science outlets including Berkeley News, Physics World, Nature research communities and The Register and expert peer reviewed research reviews in Nature, Reviews of Modern Physics, which describe MESO as a potential path beyond conventional transistor scaling. Manipatruni contributed to developments in silicon photonics, spintronics and quantum materials.

Manipatruni is a co-author of 50 research papers and ~400 patents (cited about 10000 times ) in the areas of electro-optic modulators, Cavity optomechanics, nanophotonics & optical interconnects, spintronics, and new logic devices for extension of Moore's law. His work has appeared in Nature, Nature Physics, Nature communications, Science advances and Physical Review Letters.