{"id":446,"date":"2012-12-19T15:25:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T15:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:46:53","slug":"uk-semiconductors-previous-plenary-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/?page_id=446","title":{"rendered":"UK Semiconductors: Previous Plenary Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bernardette Kunert<\/strong> (IMEC, Belgium) &#8211; III-V Laser Integration in Silicon Photonics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthony Bennett<\/strong> (Cardiff University) &#8211; Colour Centres in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amalia Patan\u00e8<\/strong> (University of Nottingham) &#8211; Atomically-Thin Semiconductors for Science and Technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Julien Barrier<\/strong> (University of Manchester, ICFO Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain) &#8211; IOP Semiconductor Physics Group Thesis Prize Talk &#8211; Electronic Transport in Graphene Superlattices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard Warburton<\/strong> (University of Basel) &#8211; A Semiconductor Quantum Dot in an Open Microcavity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Meredith<\/strong> (Swansea University) &#8211; Mind the Gap: the Impact of Trap States on the Photovoltaic Thermodynamics of Molecular and Other Partially Disordered Semiconductors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roman Gorbachev<\/strong> (University of Manchester) &#8211; Recent Progress in Ultraclean Assembly of van der Waals Heterostructures<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pedro Vianez<\/strong> (University of Cambridge) &#8211; IOP Semiconductor Physics Group Thesis Prize Talk &#8211; Semiconductor Nanodevices as a Probe of Strong Electron Correlations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sean Redmond\u00a0<\/strong>(Silicon Catalyst UK) \u2013 Photonics Egg and CHIPS<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Rogers<\/strong>\u00a0(Nanovation) \u2013\u00a0The Dawn of the Era of Gallium Oxide Based Space Electronics?<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Haigh\u00a0<\/strong>(University of Manchester) \u2013 Probing Surfaces and Twisted Interfaces in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tom Hopper<\/strong> (PhD Imperial College London) \u2013 IOP Semiconductor Physics Group Thesis Prize Talk \u2013 Ultrafast photophysics and energy losses in emerging photovoltaic materials and devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wolfgang Stolz<\/strong>\u00a0(Phillipps University Marburg) \u2013 Novel III\/V-based materials and device concepts for laser applications realized by metal organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tina M\u00fcller<\/strong>\u00a0(Toshiba Europe Ltd.) \u2013 Quantum dot based devices for telecom wavelength quantum networks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuichi Oshima<\/strong>\u00a0(National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan) \u2013 Halide vapor phase epitaxy of ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor \u03b1-Ga<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub>\u00a0toward power device applications<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eoin O\u2019Reilly<\/strong>\u00a0(Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork) \u2013 Band structure engineering and the quest for ideal semiconductor materials and devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andras Kis (EPFL)<\/strong> \u2013 Exciton Manipulation in Heterostructures of 2D Materials<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susanna Thon (Johns Hopkins)<\/strong> \u2013 Spectral Engineering of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Films for Next-Generation Photovoltaics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andy Carter (Oclaro Inc. (retired))<\/strong> \u2013 InP-based photonic integrated circuits \u2013 a personal perspective on a key technology for telecommunications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eric Tourni\u00e9 (University of Montpellier)<\/strong> \u201cGaSb-based materials and devices: the IR toolbox\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arne Ludwig (Ruhr University Bochum)<\/strong> \u201cTowards low noise semiconductor quantum dots\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amalia Patan\u00e8 (University of Nottingham)<\/strong> \u201cFrom epitaxy to science and processing technologies of novel van der Waals crystals\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Barnett (University of Sussex)<\/strong> \u201cAdvances in Wide Bandgap Compound Semiconductor Radiation Detectors\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joshua Robinson,<\/strong>\u00a0Penn State University, USA: Graphene and Beyond: Creating and Exploring Atomically-Thin Materials and Heterostructures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Holmes, <\/strong>Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan: Single photon emission from III-Nitride nanowire QDs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Johann Peter Reithmaier, <\/strong>Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics, University of Kassel, Germany: 1.5 \u00b5m InP-based quantum dot materials for high-performance classical and quantum optical communication<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christopher Bower, <\/strong>CTO, X-Celeprint Inc., North Carolina, USA, &amp; Cork, Ireland:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Transfer-Printed Microscale Semiconductors: Techniques and Applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrea Fiore<\/strong>:\u00a0(Eindhoven\u00a0University of Technology, Netherlands) \u2013 Nano-opto-electro-mechanical Systems Based on III-V Semiconductors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Russell Dupuis<\/strong>:\u00a0(Georgia Tech, USA)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Growth and Properties of III-N Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices OR An Anorak\u2019s Guide to the Practical Use of Aluminium, Eka-Aluminium and Noxious Air<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Fontcuberta i Morral<\/strong>:\u00a0(EPFL,\u00a0Switzerland) \u2013 III-V Semiconductor Nanowires and Related Heterostructures<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Mitzi<\/strong>: (Duke University, USA) \u2013 Perovskites Semiconductors: Opportunities for Photovoltaics and Beyond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kenichi Nishi<\/strong> (QD Laser Inc., Japan) &#8220;Realization of superior characteristics in mass-produced quantum dot lasers&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frank Koppens<\/strong> (ICFO, Barcelona, Spain) &#8220;Novel ultra-fast and nanoscale opto-electronic phenomena in 2d material heterostructures&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shigefusa Chichibu<\/strong> (Tohoku University, Japan) &#8220;Wide bandgap III-nitride semiconductors for short wavelength light emitters&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Markus Amann<\/strong> (Technical University of Munich, Germany) &#8220;Novel InP- and GaSb-based light sources for the near infrared&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Kneissl<\/strong> (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) &#8220;UV-LEDs &#8211; the long road towards shorter wavelengths&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jerome Faist <\/strong>(ETH Zurich, Switzerland) &#8220;Quantum cascade laser combs at mid-infrared and terahertz frequencies&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brian Bennett <\/strong>(Naval Research Laboratories, USA) &#8220;Antimonide-based compound semiconductors for low power electronics&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hywel Morgan<\/strong> (University of Southampton, UK) &#8220;Common solid state electronics technologies for healthcare&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stephen Forrest<\/strong> (University of Michigan, USA), &#8220;High intensity organic emission achieved by engineering excited states in organic thin films&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lucia Sorba<\/strong> (Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Pisa, Italy), &#8220;Growth of III-V nanowires: from fundamental physics to device application&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pascale Senellart<\/strong> (LPN-CNRS, France) &#8220;Cavity quantum electrodynamics with semiconductor quantum dots&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R\u00fcdiger Quay<\/strong> (Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid-State Physics, Germany) &#8220;Gallium Nitride: The Prospects of Efficient Power Conversion for the Green (R)evolution&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jerry Meyer<\/strong> (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) \u201cA New Generation of Interband Cascade Lasers for the 3-6 \u00b5m Spectral Band\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jean-Michel G\u00e9rard<\/strong> (CEA Grenoble, France) \u201cQuantum Optics in Photonic Wires: Basics and Application to \u2018Ultrabright\u2019 Single-Photon Sources\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pallab Bhattacharya<\/strong> (University of Michigan, USA) \u201cNitride-Based Quantum Dot Visible Lasers and Single Photon Sources\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nir Tessler<\/strong> (Technion Haifa, Israel) \u201cOrganic Electronics: An Electrical Engineering Perspective of a Material Driven Field\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thomas S\u00fcdmeyer<\/strong> (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) \u201cThe MIXSEL: An Integrated Ultrafast Gigahertz Semiconductor Laser with Multi-Watt Average Output Power\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peter Lohdahl<\/strong> (Technical University of Denmark) \u201cQuantum Electrodynamics with Quantum Dots in Photonic Nanostructures\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Karl Leo<\/strong> (TU Dresden, Germany) \u201cOrganics \u2013 Bad Semiconductors for Good Devices\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hideo Ohno<\/strong> (Tohoku University, Japan) \u201cManipulating Magnetism in Semiconductors\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Diana Huffaker<\/strong> (UCLA, USA) \u201cGrowth of III-Sb Diode Lasers on GaAs and Si\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matty Caymax<\/strong> (IMEC, Belgium) \u201cIssues and Solutions for Co-Integration of Ge and III-V MOSFETs for Beyond 22\u00a0 nm Technology Generation CMOS\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vladimir Bulovi\u0107<\/strong> (MIT, USA) \u201cBright and Colourful LEDs Built with Nanostructured Semiconductors\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paul Koenraad<\/strong> (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands) \u201cProbing the Electronic and Magnetic Structure of a Single Impurity in a Semiconductor\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Umesh Mishra<\/strong> (UCSB, USA) \u201cThe New Face of GaN: Technology and Applications\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Takashi Asano<\/strong> (Kyoto University, Japan) \u201cNew Trends in Photonic Crystals\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carlo Sirtori<\/strong> (Universit\u00e9 Paris-Diderot Paris-7, France) \u201cUnipolar Optoelectronics: Physics and Devices\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thomas Kazior<\/strong> (Raytheon, USA) \u201cProgress and Challenges in the Direct Monolithic Integration of III-V Devices and Si CMOS on Silicon Substrates\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gabriel Bester<\/strong> (Max Planck Institute Stuttgart, Germany) \u201cAtomistic Theory of Nanostructures: New Insights and Perspectives\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mark Erikkson<\/strong> (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) \u201cSpin Blockade and Coherence-Enhanced Transport in a Few-Electron Si\/SiGe Double Quantum Dot\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Armando Rastelli<\/strong> (Leibniz Institute, Dresden, Germany) \u201cTowards Position- and Wavelength-Controlled Quantum Dots for Single Dot Based Devices\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aristide Lemaitre<\/strong> (CNRS-LPN, Marcoussis, France) \u201cGaMnAs Semimagnetic Semiconductors and Mn-doped Quantum Dots\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harold Gamble<\/strong> (Queens University Belfast, UK) \u201cPost-CMOS Device Structures: Ge on Insulator\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jonathan Finley<\/strong> (TU Munich, Germany) \u201cTunable Single Dot Nanosystems for Solid-State Cavity-QED\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Le-Si Dang<\/strong> (Universit\u00e9 J. Fourier, Grenoble, France) \u201cBose-Einstein Condensation and Photon Lasing in Semiconductor Microcavities\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thomas Ihn<\/strong> (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) \u201cTransport and Noise in AFM-Defined Nanostructures\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mitsuru Sugawara<\/strong> (Fujitsu\/QD Laser, Japan) \u201cSelf-Assembled InAs Quantum Dot Lasers and Optical Amplifiers for Optical Communication\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wladek Walukiewicz<\/strong> (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, USA) \u201cHighly Mismatched Alloys: A New Class of Compound Semiconductors\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eoin O\u2019Reilly<\/strong> (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland) \u201cSingle- and Discrete-Mode Spectral Manipulation in Index-Patterned Fabry-Perot Lasers\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yasuhiko Arakawa<\/strong> (RCAST, University of Tokyo, Japan) \u201cGrowth and Physics of GaN-based Quantum Dots for Application to Single Photon Sources\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tomas Jungwirth<\/strong> (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) \u201cElectric-Field Controlled Spintronic Devices\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frank Koppens<\/strong> (TU Delft, Netherlands) \u201cSingle Electron Spin Resonance in Coupled Quantum Dots\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Bernardette Kunert (IMEC, Belgium) &#8211; III-V Laser Integration in Silicon Photonics Anthony Bennett (Cardiff University) &#8211; Colour Centres in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors Amalia Patan\u00e8 (University of Nottingham) &#8211; Atomically-Thin Semiconductors for Science and Technology Julien Barrier (University of Manchester, ICFO &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/?page_id=446\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":40,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3060,"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions\/3060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksemiconductors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}