Krishnamurthy Jayaraman earned his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University. He received the Withrow Distinguished Scholar Award from the College of Engineering at Michigan State University and the Fulbright Visiting Professor Award (2017) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. His research interests include rheology modification, rheological characterization, processing and structure–property relationships of polymer composites, polymer nanocomposites, vitrimer composites, and dense suspensions. He has collaborated with several companies on projects involving compression molding, injection molding, film blowing, die drawing, foaming, and additive manufacturing of a variety of products: foam core panels, multilayer transparent barrier films, elastomeric liners for tires, stronger and lightweight building materials, bipolar plates in batteries, and additively manufactured structures.  Professor Jayaraman has delivered keynote lectures in ANTEC meetings of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and in international meetings of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS).