Senior Research Fellow
Surface Engineering & Nanotechnology Institute
Cranfield University
United Kingdom
After completig my PhD from Surrey University, I was awarded a fellowship by The Royal Society and worked at the Superconductivity Research Laboratory in Tokyo. After completing my tenure, I joined Balzers in Japan as a process engineering supporting companies manufacturing LCDs. I returned to the UK as a senior process engineer, working on assignments in both Ireland and The Netherlands. I joined Cranfield in 2002 and undertook an MBA at the Cranfield School of Management in 2007.
Rao's research focuses on Coatings research and the development of SMART coatings and surfaces that mimmick nature (biomimmicking).