| Thomas Zacharia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 Kerala, India |
| Residence | USA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Fields | Computational Material Sciences |
| Institutions | Oak Ridge National Laboratories University of Tennessee Clarkson University |
| Alma mater | Clarkson University University of Mississippi National Institute of Technology Karnataka |
Thomas Zacharia (born 1957 in Kerala, India) is an Indian-American computer scientist. He received his bachelors degree in Mechanical engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (then Karnataka Regional Engineering College) in 1980 and a master’s degree in Materials Science from the University of Mississippi in 1984. He obtained his doctoral degree from Clarkson University in 1987. He is well-known for his research in computational materials science, particularly on Marangoni Effect in solidification processes. His current research is concerned primarily with petascale computing and its application to Grand Challenge problems. He is currently the Deputy Laboratory Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Professor at the University of Tennessee.[1]