Shashank Priya

Shashank Priya
Vice President for Research; Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceContact
Johnston Hall Room 420 101 Pleasant Street SeMinneapolis, MN 55455
Education
- Ph.D. Materials Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003
- M.S. Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 2000
- B.S. Math and Physics, Allahabad University, 1995
Shashank Priya Curriculum Vitae
Professional Background
Shashank Priya is the University of Minnesota vice president for research, a position he has held since September 2022. In this position, he oversees a $1+ billion research enterprise across all campuses and facilities. He manages units responsible for administration of sponsored projects, research and regulatory compliance, and technology commercialization, as well as 10 interdisciplinary academic centers and institutes. He also oversees a growing corporate engagement portfolio for the University. Among his priorities are creating and growing UMN systemwide research initiatives, including an International Institute for BioSensing (IIB), a Discovery to Innovation Fund, a MN Bioimaging Center, and better access to shared research facilities.
Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, he was associate vice president for research and director of strategic initiatives at Penn State University, where, as a professor of materials science and engineering and a mechanical engineering adjunct professor, he led an interdisciplinary research group focused on developing bio-inspired materials, understanding the complex nature of properties in these materials, and utilizing them to invent unique applications.
To date, he has published over 450 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters and more than 60 conference proceedings. Additionally, he has published ten edited books, holds 12 patents, and has given more than 290 conference presentations and invited lectures His research has been funded by DARPA, AFOSR, ARO, NSF, DOE, ONR, and several industries. He is the founder and chair of the Annual Energy Harvesting Meeting.
- Bio-inspired Materials
- Energy Harvesting
- Multi-functional Materials
- Wireless Power Transfer
Honors and Awards
- D. T. Rankin Award, American Ceramic Society, 2021
- Richard M. Fulrath Award, American Ceramic Society, 2020
- CoR Research Leader Fellow, APLU, 2018-19
- Alumni Award for Excellence in Research, Virginia Tech, 2014
- Fellow, American Ceramic Society, 2013
- Turner Fellow of Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2012
- Dean’s Research Excellence Award, Virginia Tech, 2011
- AFOSR Young Investigator, 2008
Selected Publications
- Luyao Zheng, Amin Nozariasbmarz, Yuchen Hou, Jungjin Yoon, Wenjie Li, Yu Zhang, Haodong Wu, Dong Yang, Tao Ye, Mohan Sanghadasa, Ke Wang, Bed Poudel, Shashank Priya, Kai Wang, “A universal all-solid synthesis for high throughput production of halide perovskite”, Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 7399 (2022).
- Yongke Yan, Liwei D Geng, Hairui Liu, Haoyang Leng, Xiaotian Li, Yu U Wang, Shashank Priya, “Near-ideal electromechanical coupling in textured piezoelectric ceramics”, Nature Communications, volume 13, Article number: 3565 (2022).
- Bo Chen, Mengjin Yang, Shashank Priya, Kai Zhu, “Origin of J–V Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 5, 905–917
- Huachen Cui, Ryan Hensleigh, Desheng Yao, Deepam Maurya, Prashant Kumar, Min Gyu Kang, Shashank Priya, Xiaoyu Zheng, “Three-dimensional printing of piezoelectric materials with designed anisotropy and directional response”, Nature Materials, volume 18, 234–241 (2019).
- Ravi Anant Kishore, Amin Nozariasbmarz, Bed Poudel, Mohan Sanghadasa, Shashank Priya, “Ultra-high performance wearable thermoelectric coolers with less materials”, Nature Communications, volume 10, Article number: 1765 (2019).