Chennupati Jagadish AC, an Indian-Australian physicist and academic, is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University Research School of Physics and Engineering. He is head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group which he established in 1990. He was awarded the Federation Fellowship (2004–2009) and Laureate Fellowship (2009–2014) by the Australian Research Council. He is the Convener of the Australian Nanotechnology Network and Director of Australian National Fabrication Facility ACT Node. He has served during 2012-2016 as Vice-President and Secretary for Physical Sciences of the Australian Academy of Science.