Aaswath Raman

Brainstormer, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor, Scientist, World traveler

Aaswath Raman is a scientist and entrepreneur passionate about harnessing new sources of energy, mitigating climate change and more intelligently understanding the world around us, by better manipulating light and heat. He is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA, and also co-founder and chief scientist of a clean energy startup, SkyCool Systems. As founding CEO at SkyCool Systems, he led the commercialization and development of radiative sky cooling, a technology that he developed as a research associate at Stanford University beginning in 2013. Aaswath received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 2013, and his A.B. in Physics and Astronomy, and M.S. in Computer Science from Harvard University in 2006. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D. he was a Program Manager at Microsoft. He is deeply interested in the intersection of science, technology and development work, and has previously collaborated on projects to redesign refugee camps with UNHCR and to re-think governance in rural Sierra Leone. In recognition of his work on radiative sky cooling, in 2015 Aaswath was named one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 (TR35). In 2018, he received the Materials Research Society's Robinson Award for Science and Technology in Renewable Energy.

reducing inequity, particularly when it comes to energy, health and information access, worldwide.

The cold of space is an untapped energy resource that can help us tackle the energy and climate challenges we face this century.

Clean Energy, Development, Nanophotonics, Physics, Renewable Energy, Science Policy, Startups

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