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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering,Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
| Keywords | semiconductor, epitaxy, antimonide, nanostructures |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Madison |
| Institution | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Institute | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Henning Riechert | Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI), Berlin |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/02/2011 |
Programme(s)
| 2010 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Kuech has been one of the world leaders in the application of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy to electronic devices over the last 25 years. His distinguished career has just been highlighted by his election to become a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He began his career as a scientist at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, where he was instrumental in moving the technology for field-effect transistors away from ion-implantation based to epitaxy-based through his both fundamental and applied research in epitaxial growth. His contributions both at IBM and at the University of Wisconsin span a wealth of materials and their associated applications. He has worked on oxides and organic and inorganic semiconductors, looking at bulk as well as surface phenomena, and applications from fuel cells to high speed electronics and optoelectronics. His work is characterized by an understanding of the basic physics and chemistry of the synthesis process which is then used advantageously to produce materials and structures of high technological interest. Through his wide-ranging academic work he has established himself as a leader in both the crystal-growth community and in the general materials science community. He has received a number of distinctions in terms of professional society awards and named lectureships. Reflecting his eminent role in the field, he acts as the principal editor of the Journal of Crystal Growth. During his stay in Germany, he will follow surface chemistry studies and work on fundamental aspects of compound semiconductor growth, in particular at the Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung (BESSY) using the beamline of one of the hosting groups (PDI). |