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Prof. C. Jagadish was born and educated (BSc, MSc(Tech), MPhil, PhD) in India and worked in India and Canada prior to moving to Australia. He moved to Australia in 1990 and established a major research program in the field of semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology. He is currently a Federation Fellow (highest honor in Australian system), Professor and Head of Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group in the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University (ANU). His research interests include compound semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology including quantum dots, nanowires, lasers, photodetectors, photonic integrated circuits, photonic crystals, THZ photonics.
Professor Jagadish is a winner of 2000 IEEE Millennium Medal, Peter Baume Award from the ANU and served as a Distinguished Lecturer of both IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) and IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS). He has published more than 530 research papers (350 journal papers), holds 5 US patents, co-authored a book, co edited a book and edited eight conference proceedings, guest edited many journal special issues. Professor Jagadish is serving currently as President of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2008-2009), Associate Vice-President (Membership and Regional Activities- Asia-Pacific) of IEEE LEOS (2008) and also a member of IEEE Fellow Selection Committee (2006-2008). He also served as Vice-President (Publications) of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) during 2004-2005, the Chair of the Nano-Optoelectronics and Nano-Photonics Technical Committee of NTC (2003-2006), Chair of the NTC Awards Committee and Vice-President (Membership and Regional Activities of LEOS (2006-2007). He served as an elected member of EDS AdCom (1999-2004), and as Chair of Optoelectronic Devices Technical Committee of EDS (1998-2003). He also served as a member of the nanotechnology technical committee (TC), compound semiconductor devices |
