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Washington State Academy of Sciences inducts three Indian Americans
The new members will be formally inducted at the WSAS’s 20th anniversary celebration at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on Oct. 7.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 24, Jul 2025
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Paramvir (Victor) Bahl, Jashvant Unadkat, Ram Devanathan / Microsoft, University of Washington, pnnl.gov
Three Indian-American researchers have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) as part of its 2025 class of new members.
Ram Devanathan, Jashvant Unadkat, and Paramvir (Victor) Bahl were among the 36 new members elected to the academy in recognition of their contributions to science, technology, and public policy in Washington state.
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Devanathan, division director at the Energy Processes and Materials Division of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was named for his leadership in computational materials science. He has advanced multiscale modeling, pioneered artificial intelligence applications for materials discovery, and addressed critical challenges in energy, national security, and environmental remediation.
A fellow of the American Ceramic Society and the American Chemical Society, Devanathan received the Department of Energy’s Outstanding Mentor Award and the Richard M. Fulrath Award from the American Ceramic Society. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
Unadkat, professor of pharmaceutics at the University of Washington, was recognized for his contributions to pharmaceutical and translational sciences, particularly in drug transporters, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling, and maternal-fetal pharmacology. His research has helped shape drug safety policies.
He has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and leads multiple NIH-funded research programs. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), and other professional societies.
Bahl, a technical fellow and chief technology officer of Azure for Operators at Microsoft, was elected to the academy by virtue of his recent election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He was honored for his contributions to wireless networking, indoor localization, and edge computing, as well as for leadership in the mobile computing community.
Based in Redmond, Washington, Bahl is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
“We are pleased to recognize the achievements of these world-renowned scientists, engineers, and innovators,” said WSAS president Allison Campbell. “And we are grateful for their willingness to contribute expertise from a wide range of fields and institutions to support the state in making informed choices in a time of growing complexity.”
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