Kallarackel Thomas Jacob

Biography

Jacob obtained his BSc degree (1964) from St Joseph's College, Mysore University, and BE degree (1967) in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He pursued research in materials extraction and solid-state sensors for liquid metals at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, under the guidance of FD Richardson and JHE Jeffes. He received the DIC from Imperial College and PhD from London University. Jacob worked at the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science at the University of Toronto as a Research Associate under LM Pidgeon (1970) and later with CB Alcock. Subsequently he joined the faculty and was Associate Professor when he left Toronto in 1983 to become a Professor at IISc, Bangalore. He was conferred the DSc (Engg) degree by London University. Jacob was Chairman of the Department of Metallurgy (1988-92) and Material Research Centre (1993-97) and held the KSIIDC Endowed Chair (1994-97). He was a Visiting Professor at Tohoku University (1998-99, 2007), Japan at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (1992-93); and at Pennsylvania State University, USA (1993) was a consultant to many foreign companies, currently he is Honorary Professor of IISc and Distinguished Professor, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Research Interest

Materials Science and Processing, Thermodynamics, Phase Equilibria, Fuel Cells and Solid State Sensors