Talk Title

Compound Semiconductor Materials: from Innovation to Manufacturing.

Biography

Dr. J. Iwan Davies obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Imperial College, London and his Ph.D. on MOVPE Studies in Compound Semiconductors from the University of Manchester. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. With over 44 years-experience in the MOVPE epitaxial growth of arsenide, phosphide and nitride III-V and selenide II-VI semiconductors, he has co-authored over 100 publications covering a very broad range of material systems and optoelectronic devices.

Following a period of research and development at Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd., he has managed the growth and characterization of epi-wafers, research & development, plant operations, product engineering, and chemical, safety & environmental systems during the last 38 years at IQE.

He is currently IQE plc Group Technology Director, representing the company on numerous UK/European associations, including;
• Photonics 21 (Board of Stakeholders),
• UK Photonics Leadership Group,
• European Photonics Industry Consortium,
• Techworks/NMI
• Aeneas,
• Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI),

He leads IQE plc in UK National and European Research Projects, principally through Innovate UK, Horizon and ECSEL/KDT/Chips JU programmes.
Through UKRI/industrial sponsorship he has supported numerous EPSRC/UKRI projects – Centres for Doctoral Training, Quantum and Manufacturing Hubs and Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects with UK universities.
He supervises 11 UK-based PhD studentships.