Dr. Narayan has made pioneering contributions in laser-solid interactions and transient thermal processing of materials, laser annealing and pulsed laser deposition, defects and interfaces and domain matching epitaxy. These contributions have resulted in novel functional materials such as supersaturated semiconductor alloys, metal-ceramic nanocomposites, laser-diffused solar cells, and discoveries of Q-carbon and Q-BN related materials, which are harder than diamond and exhibit record high-temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon. These discoveries have impacted diamond and c-BN related devices, high-efficiency Nano-Pocket LEDs for Solid-State Lighting, new era in oxide electronics, multifunctional smart sensors, and nanomagnetics for information storage. For all of these accomplishments, Narayan received North Carolina Science Award (State’s highest civilian honor) and was feted as “Michael Jordan of microelectronics” in the Chronicle of Higher Education (2010).