Brief Bio: Dr. Hariprasad Gopalan is a materials scientist with expertise in the structural properties of nanocomposites, ceramics, and metals. He completed his B.Tech in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli(2008), followed by a Master's degree and a Ph.D. at the department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore(2010&2018), working with Professor Atul Chokshi. During his Ph.D., he investigated grain growth, microstructural stability, and high-temperature deformation in carbon nanotube-alumina nanocomposites, resulting in fundamental new insights into the phenomenon of grain growth in nanotube nanocomposites. After completing his Ph.D., he conducted postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Iron research, Dusseldorf(2018-2021), where he studied microfracture in ceramic and metal-ceramic coatings and hydrogen barrier coatings. Subsequently, he served as a project leader at the Fusion Materials Laboratory at the Institute of Applied Materials, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology(2022-23), where his research was on in situ micromechanics at room and elevated temperatures on fusion relevant tungsten and steels. Presently, he works an Assistant.Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar. His research interests include grain growth, high-temperature deformation, and fracture of ceramics, composites, and metals. His work has the potential to inform the design of new materials and advance the understanding of their mechanical properties. His new laboratory and group will focus on of materials behavior under extreme environments"