Dr Kannan

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Arunachala Nadar Kannan

Arunachala Nadar Kannan earned his Ph.D. degree in 1990 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore with a focus on Metal/Air Batteries and Alkaline Fuel Cells. Dr Kannan has been involved in Fuel Cell and Battery research and development for the past 20 years. Since 2005, he is an Associate Professor at the Engineering Technology Department, Arizona State University. Before joining the University, Dr Kannan worked as Chief Scientist at Hoku Scientific Inc., Honolulu managing a scientific research group involved in developing electrolytes and electrodes for PEMFC towards automotive applications. His area of expertise and research interests include low temperature Fuel Cells including Bio-Fuel Cells, more specifically nano-scale electrocatalysts and electrode active materials, Carbon Nano-tubes, Gas diffusion layers, structure-property relationships through physicochemical characterization and fabrication, evaluation of single cells and multi-cell Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell stacks.