Dr. Mrityunjay Singh is the Chief Scientist, at Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH. He received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-BHU, Varanasi, India in 1983 and did his post-doctoral work at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, and RPI, Troy, NY. He is President of the World Academy of Ceramics, Italy (2018-22) and Past President of the American Ceramic Society. He is an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, Italy, and a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, ASM International, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), and National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is an Honorary Fellow of the European Ceramic Society, Indian Institute of Ceramics, an honorary member of the Materials Research Society of India, Indian Ceramic Society, and a Distinguished Life Member of Alpha Sigma Mu. He has received Honorary Doctorates from Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia. He is the recipient of more than eighty-five national and international awards, including five R&D 100 awards, the FLC Technology Transfer Award, the EDI Innovation Award, the NASA Public Service Medal, the NASA Silver Snoopy Award, two NorTech Innovation Awards, and numerous NASA Group Achievement Awards.
