Akash Singh, Ph.D.

Akash earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Duke University in 2024, receiving the Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award. His work established a new field of hybrid metal halide semiconductor glasses, traditionally known only in crystalline forms, and extends these materials into glassy states, uncovering novel structure-property relationships leading to broadening of applications from photovoltaics and sensors to memory, computing, and photonic devices.

Akash earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIIT Jabalpur in 2018, where he received the Best Undergraduate Thesis Award for his research on materials development for perovskite solar cells conducted at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc Bangalore.

Currently at Micron, Akash applies his specialization in materials science to advance materials selection, process development, and device integration, addressing challenges in speed, energy efficiency, and scalability for memory devices in next-generation AI.

Research Interests:

• Glassy Semiconductors

• Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase change

• Materials Chemistry, device fabrication, and integration

• Functional materials for energy, memory, and photonic devices