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Jonathan Bird joined the UB Department of Electrical Engineering as full professor in 2004. He currently serves as chair of that department and as director of the UB Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies. He holds an adjunct position in the UB Department of Physics and is a visiting professor at Chiba University (Japan). Jonathan obtained his BSc (First-Class Honors) and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Sussex (UK) in 1986 and 1990, respectively. He was a JSPS Visiting Fellow at the University of Tsukuba (Japan) from 1991 - 1992, following which he joined the Frontier Research Program of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN, Japan, 1992 - 1997). From 1997 - 2004, he was an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. Prof. Bird's research is in the area of nanoelectronics. He is the co-author of more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, which have been cited more than 10,000 times for an h-index of 46. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and was NYSTAR Distinguished Professor of 2003. His research is currently supported by the Coherent/II-VI Foundation, the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation.

HONORS & AWARDS 

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Research Fellow (1991)

  • Fellow: Institute of Physics (2002)

  • Senior Member: IEEE (2002)

  • NYSTAR Distinguished Professor of 2003 

  • Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Japan (2008) 

  • UB Exceptional Scholar: Sustained Achievement Award (2008)

  • SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship & Creative Activities (2012)

CURRENT NoMaD MEMBERS

  • Aarbaj Mundaganur: Plasmonic transistors for THz-band communication

  • Shahabaj Mundaganur: Plasmonic transistors for THz-band communication

  • Onoruoiza David Shaibu: Quantum phononics in low-dimensional nanostructures

  • Dylan Tua: Quantum phononics in low-dimensional nanostructures

NoMaD ALUMNI

  • Nargess Arabchigavkani, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Magnetic proximity effects in hybrid graphene/ferromagnetic systems”, graduated 05/20, R&D Plasma Etch Engineer, IBM, Albany NY.

  • Jong-Uk Bae, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Hybrid semiconductor nanomagnetoelectronic devices”, graduated 05/07, Head of Division of Fundamental Technical Research, LG Electronics, Korea.

  • Bilal Barut, PhD, University at Buffalo, "Asymmetrically engineered nanoscale transistors for on-demand sourcing of terahertz plasmons", graduated 05/21, Process Engineer, Intel Corp., Hillsboro OR.

  • Girish Bohra, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in disordered graphene”, graduated 05/12, Staff Engineer – Process Integration & Yield, Intel Corp., Phoenix, AZ.

  • Rui Chen, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Gunn effect in heterostructure-based semiconductor nanoconstrictions and its applications to terahertz sensing”, graduated 12/14, Professor, Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

  • Zhiying Chen, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Magnetic Y-branch nanojunctions: Engineering magnetism through nanoscale design”, graduated 12/14, Physical Design Engineer, IBM, New York NY.

  • Ripudaman Dixit, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Transient investigations of hot-carrier dynamics in the solar-absorber material AlInAs”, graduated 07/21, Process Engineer, Intel Corp., Hillsboro OR.

  • Mohammed Elhassan, PhD, Arizona State University, “Studies of transport in quantum-dot arrays”, graduated 12/04, Associate Director, Moody’s Analytics, San Francisco CA.

  • Guanchen He, PhD, University at Buffalo, "Evaluating CVD-Grown Monolayer MoS2 FETs for Logic and Nonvolatile-Memory Applications", graduated 06/16, Product Engineer, ASML, San Jose CA.

  • Nafees Kabir, PhD, University at Buffalo, "Terahertz spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures", graduated 06/07, Components Research Engineer, Intel Corp., Hillsboro OR.

  • Myoung-Gu Kang, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Magnetically-controlled Fano resonance in coupled quantum point contacts”, graduated 06/10, Vice President, Lam Research, Korea.

  • Taehoon Kim, PhD, Arizona State University, "Novel hysteretic magneto-resistance in epitaxially-grown NiSi nanowires", graduated 10/07, SK Hynix Vice President, Korea.

  • Himanshu Kothari, PhD, Arizona State University, "Linear and non-linear conductance of ballistic quantum wires with hybrid confinement", graduated 10/07, Product Development Engineer, AMD, Austin TX.

  • Chun-Pui Kwan, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Conduction mechanisms in bulk and thin-film crystalline chromia”, graduated 12/18, Process Integration Engineer, Global Foundries, Inc.

  • Jebum Lee, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Transient transport in quantum point contacts”, graduated 12/12.

  • Yao-Hsuen Lee, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Non-linear differential conductance of quantum point contacts due to phonon- controlled disorder”, graduated 09/16, Technical Project Leader, ASML, San Jose CA.

  • Jie-Feng Lin, PhD, Arizona State University, “Transport in platinum/carbon nanowires and nanowire devices fabricated by focused-beam deposition techniques”, graduated 12/04, Director, Intel Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan.

  • Teng-Yin Lin, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Hybrid ferromagnetic/semiconductor nanodevices”, graduated 05/10, RF Device Engineer, Global Foundries, Ballston Spa, New York

  • Basel Naser, PhD, Arizona State University, “Time-resolved measurements of electron transport in split-gate quantum point contacts”, graduated 04/06, Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Ahlia University, Bahrain.

  • Jubin Nathawat, PhD, University at Buffalo, "Transient Studies of Hot-Carrier Transport in 2D Semiconductors”, graduated 11/19, Process Engineer, Intel Corp., Hillsboro OR.

  • Arunkumar Ramamoorthy, PhD, Arizona State University, "Evaluation of split-gate based coupled-electron-waveguides as an approach to qubit realization", graduated 11/06, Senior Systems Integrator at Kymera Systems Inc., Nepean ON, Canada.

  • Harihara Ramamoorthy, PhD, University at Buffalo, ““Freeing” graphene from its substrate: Observing intrinsic velocity saturation with rapid electrical pulsing”, graduated 12/15, Associate Professor, School of International & Interdisciplinary Engineering Programs, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Michael Randle, PhD, University at Buffalo, "Electrical characterization of nanoscale titanium trisulfide electrostatic and electric double-layer transistors", graduated 07/21, Postdoctoral Scientist, Advanced Device Laboratory, the Institute for Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan.

  • Alexandros Shailos, PhD, Arizona State University, “Many-body phenomena in one-dimensional quantum wires”, graduated 12/04, Quality and Reliability Program Manager, Intel Corp., Beaverton OR.

  • Ratchanok Somphonsane, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Fast energy relaxation of hot carriers near the Dirac point of graphene”, graduated 09/13, Associate Professor, School of International & Interdisciplinary Engineering Programs, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Jungwoo Song, PhD, University at Buffalo, “Terahertz detection with quantum point contacts”, graduated 06/10, Executive in Charge, DRAM Development, Samsung, Korea.

  • Shiran Xiao, PhD, University at Buffalo, “All-electrical nonlinear Fano resonance in coupled quantum point contacts”, graduated 05/14, Senior Process Engineer, onsemi, New York NY.

  • Youngsoo Yoon, PhD, University at Buffalo, "Readout of electron spins in quantum point contacts", graduated 06/08, Device Engineer, Samsung, Korea.
     

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