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Dr. Stephen R. Forrest (pictured) has been added to the Applied
Materials Board of Directors and also to the Strategic Committee of the
Board. An expert in the fields of optoelectronics and organic
compounds, Dr. Forrest is a well-known lecturer, fellow of IEEE and
recipient of many awards for his inventions and innovations.
Currently serving as Vice President for Research at the University
of Michigan, he also holds the titles of Professor of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering;
Professor of Physics in the College of Literature, Science and the
Arts; and leader of the University’s Optoelectronics Components and
Materials Group.
He also worked at Princeton University in a
variety of senior academic roles including Chair of the Electrical
Engineering Department and Director of the National Center for
Integrated Photonic Technology. Earlier in his career, he worked at
Bell Labs and the University of Southern California. A founding member
of companies such as Epitaxx, Inc., Sensors Unlimited and Apogee
Photonics, Inc., he has a B.A. in physics from the University of
California, Berkeley, and an M.Sc. and a Ph.D., also in physics, from
the University of Michigan.
By Síle Mc Mahon