He obtained his undergraduate degree in physics from the
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1980 and his Ph.D. in physics from
Purdue University in 1986. Samarth's research interests center on spintronic phenomena in thin films and nanostructures derived from semiconductors, magnetic materials and superconductors. He has pioneered the synthesis of a variety of materials in this context, resulting in key advances in semiconductor
spintronics and, more recently, topological spintronics. Samarth's research is published in over 200 articles and has over 23,000 citations (GoogleScholar). Samarth is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003) and
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013. In 2024, he received the
David Adler Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society. His other honors include the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Bombay(2019), the Outstanding Physics Alumnus Award from Purdue University (2008), the Faculty Scholar Medal in the Physical Sciences from Penn State(2008) and the George W. Atherton Award for Teaching Excellence from Penn State (2007). ==References==