Celestine Preetham Lawrence

scientist in Netherlands

Celestine Preetham Lawrence was born in 1992 to tamil catholic parents in Chennai. Blessed with a natural affinity for solving analytical puzzles, he secured a top-50 rank out of over 4 lakh candidates in the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam. He started his international career in Canada and pursued science and entrepreneurship in the Netherlands for nearly a decade. He has published in prestigious journals such as Nature nanotechnology, IEEE transactions on electron devices, Journal of Raman spectroscopy, and Complex systems. He admires the European culture of innovation and has founded “chimera.university“ to provide earn and learn fellowships to students in India.