Mayank Shrivastava is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE) at IISc and a co-founder of AGNIT Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. He was one of the first recipients of the Indian Section of the American TR35 Award and one of the first Indians to receive the IEEE EDS Early Career Award. Mayank’s research focuses on the use of emerging materials such as GaN and atomically thin two-dimensional materials like graphene and TMDCs in electronic and electro-optic devices. He is dedicated to pushing these materials to their limits, including extreme power handling, ultra-high-frequency performance, and unconventional computing methods. Before joining IISc, Mayank made significant contributions at major companies such as Infineon Technologies, IBM Microelectronics, and Intel Corp. He holds 45 patents, including several related to LDMOS technology and many of the FinFET power MOSFET patents.