Johnny K.O. Sin (S'79-M'88-SM'96) was born in Hong Kong. He received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, ON, Canada in 1981, 1983, and 1988, respectively, all in electrical engineering.

He joined Philips Laboratories, New York, USA , upon the completion of his Ph.D. studies, and was a Senior Member of the research staff there from 1988 to 1991. He joined the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in August 1991 and was a p rofessor

there since 2001 . He is one of the founding members of the department and has served as the Director of the Undergraduate Studies program in the department from 1998 to 2004 . He is currently the Directors of the Nanoelectronics Fabrication Facilities (NFF) and the Semiconductor Product Analysis and Design Enhancement (SPADE) Center at the University. His research interests lie in the general area of micro- and nanoelectronic devices and fabrication technology. In particular, he has been working on novel power semiconductor devices and ICs, and system-on-a-chip applications using power transistors, thin-film transistors, Silicon-On-Insulator RF devices, and integrated sensor and MEMS devices . He is the holder of 12 patents worldwide , and has published over 2 4 0 papers in technical journals and refereed conferences in the above areas.

Dr. Sin is an Editor of IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS. He was a n elected member of the EDS Administrative Committee from 2002 to 2005, and is a member of the EDS Power Devices and IC's Technical Committee. He is also a technical committee member of the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and IC's (ISPSD). In Fall 1998, he was awarded the Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award by the School of Engineering at HKUST.