Dr. Kale Somnath Dadabhau completed his PhD at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur, India, where his research focused on investigating the effects of size and boundary conditions in ferroelectric thin films and tunnel junctions. Before his doctoral studies, he earned a Master’s degree in Physics from the Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India. Dr. Kale previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at IISER Berhampur, where he focused on multiferroic tunnel junctions for next-generation non-volatile memories. His research interests include Material science, nanoelectronics, and the application of thin films in memory devices and energy-efficient technologies. He has received several awards, including the IEEE and SERB Travel Awards, as well as the Sanjay Shewale Prize for academic excellence.

He has recently joined LENSIS as a postdoctoral researcher to work on the project Ferro4EdgeAI, “Scalable Ferroelectric-Based Accelerators for Energy Efficient Edge AI.” This project focuses on developing ultra-low-power, scalable edge accelerators for artificial intelligence, incorporating a memory-augmented neural network based on low-cost, high-density, multi-level, Back End of Line (BEoL) integrated ferroelectric (FE) technology. The project is conducted in collaboration with Horizon Europe CL4, Leti, NaMLab, INL, TU Delft, STMicroelectronics, FMC, and SynSense.