Rate My Professor Amit Goyal

Amit Goyal is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo. He joined the university in January 2015 as the founding director of the RENEW Institute, an interdisciplinary center dedicated to research and education on energy, environment, and water challenges, serving in that role until July 2021. He currently directs the UB Initiative on Plastics Recycling and Innovation, a New York State Center of Excellence addressing plastics recycling science, technology, markets, and outreach through multidisciplinary efforts in engineering, materials science, economics, and communication. Prior to UB, Goyal spent over two decades at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a corporate fellow, distinguished inventor, and distinguished scientist. He founded, and served as president and CEO of, TapeSolar Inc. and TexMat LLC, gaining experience in venture capital and financial management.

Goyal earned his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1991, MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the same institution in 1988, B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1996, Executive MBA from Purdue University, and International Executive MBA from Tilburg University. His research focuses on heteroepitaxial growth of functional materials and devices, strain-driven self-assembly of advanced materials, advanced energy and electronic materials, and clean energy technologies, including high-performance superconducting wires, photovoltaics, flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and plastics recycling. With over 350 publications and more than 85 patents, he was ranked the most cited author worldwide in high-temperature superconductivity from 1999 to 2009. Goyal's achievements include election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2018 for advances enabling commercialization of high-temperature superconductor wires, Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2025, DOE E.O. Lawrence Award in Energy Science and Innovation in 2011, R&D Magazine Innovator of the Year in 2010, World Technology Award in Advanced Materials in 2012, ten R&D 100 Awards, and fellowships in AAAS, IEEE, MRS, APS, and others. He serves as associate editor-in-chief of The Bridge, the National Academy of Engineering's journal, and on the National Materials and Manufacturing Board.