Curriculum Vitae

Sept. 2016 Assistant Professor University of Texas at Dallas in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Aug. 2016 - Sept. 2014 Research Scientist University of Texas at Dallas with Prof. Massimo Fischetti Aug. 2014 - Oct. 2012 Research Associate University of Texas at Dallas Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2007 Ph. D. candidate at department of Electrical Engineering, K.U.Leuven, Belgium in collaboration with imec nanoelectronics research centre Thesis: "Quantum-transport in tunnel-field effect transistors for future nano-CMOS applications" (download here) Promotors: Prof. Guido Groeseneken, Prof. Wim Magnus Daily supervisor: Prof. Bart Sorée Master thesis students: Maarten Van de Put, Sergej Fischer Jul. 2007 - Sept. 2002 Master in Electrical Engineering: nanotechnology, at K.U. Leuven, magna cum laude Master thesis: "Modeling of tunnel field-effect transistors"

Awards and grants

2019 NSF award #1916612 Dilute-Donor Organic Solar Cells: Breaking the Fullerene Monopoly J. Hsu (PI), W. Vandenberghe (co-PI) 2018 NSF award #1802166 Collaborative Research: Defect Immune, Topologically Protected Devices for Ultra-Low Power Electronics C.L. Hinkle (PI, Notre Dame), W.G. Vandenberghe (co-PI) and Robert Wallace (co-PI) 2017 NSF award #1710066 CDS&E - ECCS: Plane-wave Electronic TRAnsport (PETRA) W.G. Vandenberghe (PI) and M.V. Fischetti (co-PI) 2016 SISPAD 2016 Best Paper Award: 2nd rank for our paper Modeling Topological-Insulator Field-Effect Transistors using the Boltzmann Equation by W.G. Vandenberghe and M.V. Fischetti 2014 KU Leuven Research Council prize for science and technology Read about it here 2009-2012 Ph.D stipend from the Instituut voor Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT) Vlaanderen 2008 Second prize IEEE Region 8 Student paper contest Read about it here (on page 11) 2007 Second prize IEEE Student Branch Leuven Student paper contest 2007 AMI Semiconductor Master thesis prize 2002 First Prize Flemish Mathematics Olympiad + Selection Belgian International Olympiad (IMO) Team 2001 &2002 Finalist Flemish Mathematics Olympiad 2001 &2002 Finalist Flemish Chemistry Olympiad 2002 Finalist Flemish Physics Olympiad