Kaustav Banerjee

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · UC Santa Barbara · company speakers →

Kaustav Banerjee is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Nanoelectronics Research Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research established atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials as scalable platforms for energy-efficient nanoelectronics, spanning transistors, beyond-copper interconnects, RF passives, memory, and monolithic three-dimensional integration. He pioneered predictive, device-physics-driven frameworks that revealed fundamental scaling limits of silicon–copper technologies and defined physically realistic, manufacturable pathways beyond them. His contributions include the invention of a graphene-based kinetic inductor that resolved long-standing barriers to ultra-compact, high-frequency integrated systems, and the development of intercalated graphene interconnects independently validated and incorporated into advanced foundry technology roadmaps. To accelerate translation toward semiconductor manufacturing, he co-founded Destination 2D in 2021 to advance CMOS-compatible graphene platforms extending from interconnect scaling to thermal management and advanced packaging integration. Professor Banerjee is a Fellow of IEEE, APS, AAAS, JSPS, and AIIA, and a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. His honors include the Humboldt Foundation Bessel Prize, the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, and the JSAP Fellow International distinction from the Japan Society of Applied Physics.

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