Prof. Nikhil Ashok Koratkar is the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Endowed Chair Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in USA.nnProf. Koratkar obtained his B.Tech. degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1995, his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA in 1998 and 2000, respectively.nnProf. Koratkar joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in January 2001 as an Assistant Professor. In 2006, he was promoted to Associate Professor and to Full Professor in 2009. In 2011, Prof. Koratkar was also appointed a Full Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer. In 2012, he was appointed the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor in Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also serves as an Editor of the Elsevier Journal Carbon since 2010.