Deji Akinwande
Deji Akinwande | |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
Thesis | Carbon nanotubes: device physics, RF circuits, surface science and nanotechnology (2009) |
Doctoral advisor | H.-S. Philip Wong |
Website | https://nano.mer.utexas.edu/ |
Deji Akinwande is a
Early life and education
Akinwande was born in
Research and career
Akinwande collaborated with Aixtron on wafer-scale growth of graphene, characterization and integration [7] The collaboration demonstrated scalable growth of polycrystalline graphene using chemical vapour deposition, creating the first 300 mm wafers.[8][9] In 2011 he published the first textbook on Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Device Physics with Prof. Philip Wong of Stanford University.[10] He was made a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013.[3] He has made several advances in two dimensional graphene electronics.[11] In 2015 he demonstrated the first two dimensional silicene transistor.[12] Akinwande in collaboration with Alessandro Molle's group at CNR, Italy, achieved this by evaporating silicon onto a crystal of silver, monitoring the growth in real-time using scanning tunnelling microscopy.[12][13] This research breakthrough was selected as one of the top science stories of 2015 by Discover magazine.[14] The silicene work is the most cited Nature Nanotechnology publication of similar age.
He went on to demonstrate the thinnest most transparent electronic tattoo sensors made from
He is on the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science, an associate editor of ACS Nano, an editor for Nature journal npj 2D Materials and Applications, and a past editor of
He was a finalist for the University of Texas at Austin 'UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching' Award for several years, the highest teaching recognition in Texas.[28]
He has chaired several major conferences and program committees in nanoelectronics/nanotechnology such as:
- Gordon Research Conferenceon 2D materials
- Device Research Conference
- the International Electron Devices Meeting NDT Sub-committee
Academic posts
- Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #8, UT-Austin 2023–Present
- Temple Foundation Endowed Professorship, UT-Austin 2020–2023
- Theodore von Kármán Fellow and visiting professor, RWTH Aachen University, 2017
- Visiting professor, Cambridge University Engineering Department, and Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 2016
- Visiting scholar, CNR, Agrate Brianza, Italy, 2016
Publications and patents
- He has authored over 340 publications which have been cited over 24,000 times
- He has published 1 textbook and 3 book chapters
- He has delivered over a dozen plenary and keynote talks
- He has given more than 130 invited talks and seminars at conferences, universities and institutions
- He has 6 patents awarded or pending covering inventions in electronics and nanotechnology
Honors and awards
- 2023 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS)
- 2021 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)[1]
- 2021 Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
- 2018 Fulbright Specialist Fellow
- 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
- 2017 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Friedrich Bessel Research Award[29][30]
- 2016 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Inventor Fellow Award[31]
- 2016 U.S. Presidential (PECASE) Award from President Obama[32]
- 2015 IEEE Nanotechnology Early Career Award[33]
- 2013 Jack Kilby Endowed Faculty Fellowship[34]
- 2012 IEEE Geim and Novoselov Graphene Prize 2012[35]
- 2012 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[36]
- 2012 Defense Threat Reduction Agency Young Investigator Award[37]
- 2012 3M Nontenured Faculty Award[34]
- 2011 Army Research Office Young Investigator Award[34]
- 2010 Office of Naval Research Grant Award[6][34]
References
- ^ a b c "Deji Akinwande | Texas ECE - Electrical & Computer Engineering at UT Austin". www.ece.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ a b c d e f "Deji Akinwande". ZODML. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ a b "Deji Akinwande | IEEE Electron Devices Society". eds.ieee.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ University, Stanford (2018-11-01). "Sowing seeds of diversity in academia with PhD fellowships". Stanford News. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "People and Ideas | Interview with Deji Akinwande". GRAD | LOGIC. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ a b "Prof. Akinwande Awarded Grant from ONR". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "AIXTRON SE Investor Relations − An Investment with a Future :: AIXTRON". aixtron.com. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "300mm wafer-scale graphene demonstrated | Akinwande Nano Research Group". nano.mer.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- S2CID 5077855.
- ISBN 9780511778124
- PMID 25517105.
- ^ S2CID 5144735.
- PMID 25652975.
- ^ "Prof. Akinwande's Silicene Transistor Named Discover Top 100 Story of 2015". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ S2CID 19751409.
- S2CID 249873611.
- PMID 29236504.
- S2CID 226285710.
- S2CID 249221166.
- ^ Wunderlich, Rebecca. "Ultra-Thin Memory Storage Device Paves Way for More Powerful Computing - Cockrell School of Engineering". engr.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ Bourzac, Katherine. "Two-dimensional materials could enable low-power telecommunications | January 15, 2018 Issue - Vol. 96 Issue 3 | Chemical & Engineering News". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "EDL Editor-in-Chief and Editors | IEEE Electron Devices Society". eds.ieee.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "About the Editor | npj 2D Materials and Applications". nature.com. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "2D Flexible and Emerging Devices and Applications | SPIE Homepage: SPIE". spie.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Akinwande-APS-2017". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2017-10-11. Archived from the original on 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Prof. Deji Akinwande Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "2018-2019 American Grantees | Polsko-Amerykańska Komisja Fulbrighta". Polsko-Amerykańska Komisja Fulbrighta. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Deji Akinwande - World Class Researcher; Creating Solutions in Science and Technology". Konnect Africa. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Positive selection decisions since March 2013: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award". humboldt-foundation.de. Archived from the original on 1998-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Prof. Deji Akinwande Receives Friedrich Bessel Research Award". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Announces Inaugural Moore Inventor Fellows". VentureBeat. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Prof. Deji Akinwande Named Recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "2015 NTC Award Winners Announced - IEEE Nanotechnology Council". sites.ieee.org. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ a b c d "Akinwande Nano Research Group". nano.mer.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Prof. Deji Akinwande Awarded Geim and Novoselov Graphene Prize". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1150034 - CAREER: Integrated Si-CMOS and Graphene Heterogeneous Nanoelectronics". nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Profs. Sujay Sanghavi and Deji Akinwande Receive Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Young Investigator Awards". Texas ECE | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2018-11-03.