Detlev Grützmacher studied Physics at the Georgia Augusta University of Göttingen and the Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen (Germany). He stayed in the group of Prof. P. Balk at the Institute of Semiconductor Electronics in Aachen for his diploma and PHD thesis from 1987 to 1991, investigating the deposition of Ga-In-As-P compounds by MOCVD for semiconductor lasers. In 1991, he received his Ph.D. degree with special honours, awarded with the Borchers Medal of the University of Aachen. From 1991-1993, he stayed for a postdoctoral position at the IBM Thomas Watson Research Centre in Yorktown Heights, New York. During this time, his research was focussed on the epitaxial growth of Si/SiGe hetero- and quantum well structures by atmospheric pressure CVD. High speed hetero-bipolar transistors as well as resonant tunnelling devices were main tasks of this research approach. This work was honoured with an IBM research division award in 1992 and a patent invention award in 1993. In spring 1993, he joined the Laboratory of Micro- and Nanotechnology at the Paul-Scherrer-Institute in Switzerland, heading the Si nanosystems activity focussing on Si-Ge anostructures for optoelectronic and electronic applications. In May 2001, he defended his habilitation at the University of Konstanz (Germany). Since October 2006, he is director of the Institute for Semiconductor Nanoelectronics (PGI-9) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. The research spans from fundamental science in topological insulators, transport phenomena in nanowires and phase change materials to device oriented investigations based on CMOS technology. He is author and co-author of more than 700 scientific papers.
Rodrigo Martins is full professor at FCT-NOVA- Portugal, President of the European Academy of Sciences; President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies; Full Professor at FCT-NOVA. Member of the:
Rodrigo Martins is the founder and director of the Centre of Excellence in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Processes of Uninova; leader of the Materials, Optoelectronics and Nanotechnologies group of I3N/CENIMAT and its sub-director; member of the nomination committee of the EIT KIC Raw Materials, Editor in Chief of the journal Discover Materials. He is expert in the field of advanced functional materials, nanotechnologies, microelectronics, transparent electronics (pioneer) and paper electronics (inventor), with more than:
- 1050 papers, from which 677 in the WoK
- 2 books; editing 8 books; 1 pedagogic text book in Portuguese (900 pages); book chapters 28.
- Patents: granted patents 43; 16 pending.
- Talks: about 600 talks, from which 100 as plenary/key note speakers, 200 as invited and 200 as regular in main international and national conferences, symposia and workshops.
- Posters: about 300 in main international and national conferences, symposia and workshops
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Rodrigo Martins was decorated with the gold medal of merit and distinction by the Almada Municipality for his R&D achievements. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-7669: Webpage: https://cemop.uninova.pt/ Click here for more details.
Prof. Jordi Arbiol graduated in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) in 1997, he went on to obtain his PhD (European Doctorate and PhD Extraordinary Award) in 2001 from this same institution in the field of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) applied to nanostructured materials. He was assistant professor at the UB. From 2009 to 2015 he was ICREA Professor and group leader at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). He was President of the Spanish Microscopy Society (SME) (2017-2021) and held the position of vice-president from 2013 to 2017, having been a member of its Executive Board (2009-2021). In 2018 he was elected as Member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) (2019-2026).
Since 2015 he has been ICREA Professor and leader of the Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST. He is Scientific Supervisor of the Electron Microscopy Area at ICN2 and BIST, and also at the Electron Microscopy Center at the ALBA Synchrotron (EMCA). He has been one of the founding members of e-DREAM. He received the FWO Commemorative Medal (Flanders Research Foundation) in 2021, the BIST Ignite Award in 2018, the 2014 EU40 Materials Prize by the E-MRS, the 2014 EMS Outstanding Paper Award and was listed in the Top 40 under 40 Power List (2014) by The Analytical Scientist. As of May 2022 he has more than 415 peer-reviewed publications and more than 24700 citations (GoS) with h-index: 88 GoS (76 WoS).
Lars Samuelson is since 1988 Professor at Lund University and since 2021 also Chair Professor at SUSTech, Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, China and Dean of the Institute of Nanoscience and Applications, INA. In 1990 he founded NanoLund and was its leader for the first 25+ years. His research is focused on nanoscale materials physics, with a special focus on epitaxial growth, optical properties and on potential applications in optoelectronics. Beside the academic research he also has strong engagements as Chief Scientists in high-tech companies such as Glo AB and Hexagem AB. He is a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Physics) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and was in 2023 elected Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2022 he was given the top award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the "Great Gold Medal" and in 2024 he received the “Chinese Government Friendship Award”. Samuelson is the author of well over 700 articles with h-index 91 by Web-of-Science, and 110 by Google Scholar, and listed in the top 1% highly cited researchers by Web-of-Science. He has given >300 plenary/invited talks at international conferences and workshops.
Ethan Languri is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Tennessee, and Director of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Tennessee Tech University. Dr. Languri served as Associate Director of IAC from 2014 to 2021 and Assistant Professor from 2014 to 2022. Before joining Tennessee Tech in 2014, he was a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Applied Research Associates in Florida, where he was involved with building energy design and analysis.
Dr. Languri received his Mechanical Engineering B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Noshirvani University of Technology in Iran in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2011. Following this, he held postdoctoral fellowship appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.