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University of Groningen

Engineering Health Science Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Electronics Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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Ajay Kottapalli is Associate Professor and Chair of the Bioinspired MEMS and Biomedical Devices group at the Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in alliance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through the Singapore-MIT Alliance Graduate Fellowship in 2013. Prior degrees include a Master of Technology in Solid State Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2009, a Master of Science in Physics specialized in Photonics from Sri Sathya Sai University in 2007, and a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Physics from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in 2005. Kottapalli joined the University of Groningen in 2018 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Advanced Production Engineering at ENTEG, advancing to his current associate professorship. Previously, he held positions as Principal Research Scientist (2017-2018) and Research Scientist (2015-2017) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, and Postdoctoral Associate there from 2013 to 2015. He maintains a Research Affiliate role at the MIT Sea Grant College Program since 2018.