Ashutosh Goel
Research Interests
• Composition – Structure – Property Relationships in Oxide Glasses
• Nuclear Waste Immobilization
• Glasses and Ceramics in Healthcare
Professional Affiliations
• Member and Fellow, American Ceramic Society
• Vice-Chair, Bioceramics Division, American Ceramic Society
• Chairperson, TC05-Hazardous Waste Vitrification, International Commission on Glass
• Member, TC04-Glasses in Healthcare, International Commission on Glass
Education
• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Averio, Portugal, 2009
• M.S., Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, India, 2004
• B.S., Physics, Guru, Nanak Dev University, India
Summary
Dr. Ashutosh Goel is Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rutgers University. He earned his B.S. (Hons.) and M.S. (Hons.) in Physics from Guru Nanak Dev University, India, and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2009. Before joining Rutgers as a faculty member in 2014, he worked as a Materials Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, and as a Senior Research Scientist specializing in optical fiber technologies at Sterlite Technologies Ltd., India.
Professor Goel leads an internationally recognized research program focused on understanding and designing glass and ceramic materials through the integration of advanced characterization, computational modeling, and data-driven materials design. His research spans nuclear waste immobilization, sustainable glass manufacturing, biomedical glasses, optical materials, and artificial intelligence-enabled materials discovery. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and holds several U.S. patents.
Professor Goel serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and the International Journal of Applied Glass Science, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. He is actively engaged in the international glass research community through editorial leadership, scientific collaborations, and professional service.
His contributions to glass science and engineering have been recognized through numerous national and international honors, including the Vittorio Gottardi Prize (2017), the W. H. Zachariasen Prize (2021), the Tadashi Kokubo Award (2023), the Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research (2026), and election as a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (2026).
As Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor Goel is committed to advancing excellence in research and education while fostering interdisciplinary collaborations that address challenges in energy, sustainability, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing.