Kaustav Banerjee is one of the world’s leading innovators in the field of nanoelectronics. His pathbreaking innovations with 2D van der Waals materials and heterostructures are setting the stage for next-generation electronics. This includes the invention of the kinetic inductor that changed the course of science and engineering by overcoming a 200-year old limitation, and has been called “a trillion dollar breakthrough” by Forbes magazine. He is a Fellow of IEEE, APS, JSPS, and AAAS. His seminal contributions to nanoelectronics have been recognized with the prestigious Bessel Prize from the Humboldt Foundation and the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award.