Sunset over the islands

Ram Seshadri Group:  Functional Inorganic and Hybrid Materials at UC Santa Barbara

Our research at the interface of physics, chemistry, and materials science, is focused on crystal chemistry, and crystal-structure — property relations in functional inorganic materials. Functionality of interest include phosphors, magnetics, thermoelectrics, ferroics, photovoltaics, and redox-activity (for battery applications). A unifying theme in almost every aspect of our work is the compositional tuning of the properties of extended solids through solid solution; sometimes referred to (by us) as the game of x, as, for example, in La2–xSrxCuO4.

Ram has a YouTube channel with short videos on aspects of the chemistry, structure, and properties of matter: @MaterialMinimum 

This website is under permanent construction. The old website is here: https://mrlweb.mrl.ucsb.edu/~seshadri/

 

Group pic from September 2025. Front (L–R): Anya Mulligan, Angie Wu, Aditya Chezhiyan, Laila Reimanis, Dr. Matthew Wright, Ram. Middle: (L–R): Jacey Li, Mira Smith, Josephine Wong, Katie Brockmeyer, Dr. Alex Bologna. Back: (L–R): Haowen Tian, Stephen Browne.
Group pic from September 2025. Front (L–R): Anya Mulligan, Angie Wu, Aditya Chezhiyan, Laila Reimanis, Dr. Matthew Wright, Ram. Middle: (L–R): Jacey Li, Mira Smith, Josephine Wong, Katie Brockmeyer, Dr. Alex Bologna. Back: (L–R): Haowen Tian, Stephen Browne.
At the July 2026 GRC in Solid State Chemistry, Colby Sawyer College, NH, with current and former group members and some of their current and former group members.
At the July 2026 GRC in Solid State Chemistry, Colby Sawyer College, NH, with current and former group members and some of their current and former group members.