Gayatri Viswanathan

Gayatri is a solid-state inorganic chemist working on designing new materials for clean energy conversion and generation. She received her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Houston in 2017 and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State University. Gayatri’s graduate research focuses on expanding the library of known tetrel pnictide materials using computational and experimental methods. She enjoys using advanced characterization techniques, such as in situ X-ray diffraction, to study promising materials and collaborating with scientists around the world to solve problems. She is passionate about supporting the advancement of future scientists and leaders from underrepresented groups.