Advanced Materials Science, Applied Science, Polymer materials, corrosion, electrolytes, energy

Dr Ramesh Kasi graduated PhD from University of Malaya in 2007. His research interests focus with emphasis on electrochemistry applications in polymer materials which are used in energy storage systems and corrosion protection. He joined as Senior Lecturer in Physics Department in 2010 and got promoted as Associate Professor in 2017. He is teaching undergraduate and postgraduate level students. 11 PhD and 16 MSc have been graduated under the guidance of Dr Ramesh and currently 10 PhD and 5 Master degree students are pursuing their studies under his supervision. He has served in many administrative positions as Programme Coordinator, Treasurer for the Centre for Ionics University of Malaya, Course file coordinator, Curriculum Review Committee for MSc Applied Physics and Industrial Training Coordinator. He has published more than 146 research papers in high ranked journals having 2000 citations and H-index of 24. He has been successful in securing substantial funds for research from University of Malaya (UMRG and UMRP) and Malaysian government funding agencies (FRGS), international funding like Erasmus+, Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation. He has got 1 Malaysian patent granted and 1 patent filed for his credit. He is also a senior member in leading professional associations. Dr Ramesh is the Fellow in Institute of Materials Malaysia. He has received several awards and medals in participating international technological expo including ITEX, MTE, PECIPTA, IRIISE and BioMalaysia. He won the Best of the Best in electrical and electronics category at PECIPTA 2013. Recently he won The Best Award in MTE 2016 with gold medal. He has been awarded as the Best Reviewer of the year 2015 by Emerald Publications. He has involved in organizing international conferences (ICFMD 2013, 2015, 2019, Solar Asia 2013) and participated as panel of judges in national science fair for children. He has been awarded as Excellent Service Certificate in 2018 at University of Malaya. He has presented many research papers in international conferences.