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Invited Talks (recent)

  • “From single spins to scalable quantum tech: GaN as a new quantum material platform?” DEterministic MOlecular & Atomic Construction for Quantum Devices (NSF DEMOCRitus workshop) Washington DC, invited speaker, Feb. 2026.
  • “Ferro-Nitrides by MOCVD: Sc segregation issue,” Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices (WOCSEMMAD), Scottsdale, AZ, Invited Speaker, Feb. 2026.
  • “Engineering the Next Semiconductor Paradigm,” Joint EME, IEEE Photonics/EDS/NTC seminar, and TMOS Colloquium, Canberra, Australia, invited speaker, Feb. 2026.
  • “MacEtch: Unleashing MicroLED Potential for High Resolution Display and High-Speed Optical Communication,” International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), Sydney, Australia, keynote speaker, Feb. 2026.
  • “MacEtch of Semiconductors:Unraveling Open-Circuit Interfacial Electrochemistry for Device Applications,” Pacifichem 2025, Symposium: Electroanalytical Chemistry: Bridging New Horizons, invited speaker, Dec. 2025.
  • “From FinFETs to MicroLEDs: Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching for the Next Frontier in Semiconductor Fabrication,” National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, invited seminar speaker, Nov. 2025.
  • “Revolutionizing Semiconductor Fabrication: from FinFETs to MicroLEDs,” National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, invited seminar speaker, Nov. 2025.
  • “MOCVD growth of ferroelectric nitrides: challenges and opportunities,” The 8th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-8), Taiwan, Plenary Speaker, Nov. 2025.
  • “(U)WBG Semiconductors: from Epitaxial Growth to 3D Devices,” Next-Generation Microelectronics and Interface Engineering for Integration Workshop, Rice University, Invited Speaker, Nov. 2025.
  • “Revolutionizing Semiconductor Etching for Photonics,” IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID), Invited Speaker, Aug. 2025.
  • “Enabling High-Performance (U)WBG Devices through Innovative Growth and Fabrication Approaches,” Les Eastman Conference, Florida, Invited Speaker, Aug. 2025.
  • “Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors: from epitaxial growth to devices,” University of Texas System (UTS) and University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT) Bilateral Symposium, invited speaker, Taipei, June 2025.
  • “Creating a Central Texas Nanofabrication Ecosystem for Deep Tech Device Development and Fabrication,” American Physics Society (APS) Community Meetup, Austin, TX, panelist, June 2025.
  • “Revolutionizing Semiconductor Etching: The Promise of Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching,” Compound Semiconductor Week, Banff, Canada, Keynote Speaker, May 2025.
  • “Pushing the Boundaries of Nanofabrication and Semiconductor Technology with Innovative Platforms,” Nanotechnical Council of Northern VA IEEE section, Invited Speaker, Apr. 2025.
  • “Spin Defects in Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors,” Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices (WOCSEMMAD), Fort Meyers, FL, Invited Speaker, Feb. 2025.
  • “Revolutionizing Semiconductor Etching for Photonics,” Photonics Workshop, Photonics Workshop, University of Texas at Arlington, Invited Speaker, Arlington, TX, Feb. 2025.
  • “Spin Defects in UWBG Semiconductors,” TAMU-UT-Austin Joint Quantum Science and Technology Workshop, Invited Speaker, College Station, TX, Jan. 2025.
  • “MOCVD growth of ferroelectric nitrides: challenges and opportunities,” Ferroelectric Nitride Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, Invited speaker and panel discussion chair, Dec. 2024.
  • “Controlled Spin Defects in hBN Coupled to AlN Photonic Circuits,” 2024 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, invited speaker, Dec. 2024.
  • “Unleaching MicroLED Potential: Damage-free Anisotropic Etching for Enhanced Pixel Density,” 12th International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors (IWN), Honolulu, Hawaii, Invited Speaker, Nov. 2024.
  • “Plasma-free anisotropic etching of wide bandgap semiconductors: metal-assisted open-circuit photo-electrochemistry,” Center for Electrochemistry, UT Austin, Invited Speaker, Nov. 2024.
  • “Metal-Assisted Chemical Etch of Semiconductors: Fundamentals and Applications,” Electrochemical Society, PRIME 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii, Invited speaker, Oct. 2024.
  • “Pushing the Boundaries of Nanofabrication and Semiconductor Technology with Innovative Platforms,” Institute of Solid State Physics Seminar, University of Hannover, Germany, Invited Speaker, Aug. 2024.
  • “Deterministic Generation of Spin Defects in hBN and Photonic Integration for Quantum Sensing,” Chemical Coding at the Atomic Scale Workshop, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, Invited Speaker, Aug. 2024.
  • “Deterministic generation of Spin Defects in hBN and Photonic Integration for Quantum Sensing,” IEEE RAPID, Florida, Invited Speaker, Aug. 2024.
  • “Spin defects in hBN and photonic integration,” International Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop (iNOW),” Shenzhen, China, Invited Speaker, July 2024.
  • “Ga2O3 MOCVD Growth and High Power Electronics,” 7th International Workshop on UV Materials and Devices (IWUMD2024), Taiwan, Plenary Speaker, June 2024.
  • “Strain-Induced Self-Rolled-Up Thin Films for Extreme Miniaturization and Integration of Passive Electronic Components,” The 50th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, Invited Speaker, May 2024.
  • “Wet etch, dry etch, and now MacEtch,” The 67th International Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) conference, San Diego, CA, Invited Speaker, May 2024.
  • “Pushing the Boundaries of Nanofabrication and Semiconductor Technology via Innovative Platforms,” Argonne Microelectronics Colloquium, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL, invited speaker, March 2024.
  • “(U)WBG semiconductor materials and processing,” Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices (WOCSEMMAD), Las Vegas, NV, Invited Speaker, Feb. 2024.
  • “(U)WBG semiconductor materials and processing,” Photonics Workshop, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, , Invited Speaker, Feb. 2024.
  • “Surface Proximal Color Centers in SiC: deterministic creation and emission enhancement,” SPIE Photonic West, San Francisco, CA, Invited Speaker, Jan. 2024.
  • “S-RuM technology for extreme miniaturization and integration of passive electronics and microfluidics,” IEEE MEMS 2024 Conference, Austin, TX, Invited Speaker, Jan. 2024.
  • “Understanding and Enhancing the Color Center Emission in hBN Coupled to Photonic Circuits,” Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, Invited Speaker, Nov. 2023.
  • “S-RuM Technology for Miniaturization and Integration of Electronics and Microfluidics,” International Conference on Frontier Materials, Qingdao, China, Plenary Speaker, Oct. 2023.
  • “MacEtch: plasma-free ultra-high aspect ratio anisotropic etching,” TEL Seminar Series (Virtual), Tokyo Electron Ltd. America, Invited Speaker, Oct. 2023.
  • “Surface Proximal Color Centers in SiC: Deterministic Creation and Emission Enhancement,” International NanoOptoelectronics Workshop (iNOW), Wurzburg, Germany, Invited Speaker, July 2023.
  • “Pushing the Boundaries of Nanofabrication and Semiconductor Technology via Innovative Platforms,” Semiconductor Seminar Series, NIST, Invited Speaker, May 2023.
  • “Pushing the Boundaries of Nanofabrication and Semiconductor Technology via Innovative Platforms,” Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and EDS Student Chapter, Univ. of California, Riverside, Invited Speaker, May 2023.
  • “Avoiding Plasma Damage: MacEtch Enabled β-Ga2O3 FinFETs for On-Resistance Reduction and Hysteresis Elimination,” 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) Conference, Seoul, Korea, Invited speaker, March 2023.
  • “MacEtch of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors,” Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices (WOCSEMMAD), invited speaker, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 2023.
  • “Transform electronics and photonics by novel semiconductor epitaxy and nanofabrication,” KAUST Semiconductors Initiative – Distinguished Seminar Series, invited speaker, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 6th, 2023.