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Dr. Karen Dowling was born in Seattle, USA, and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2013, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2015 and 2019, respectively. Her doctoral thesis focused on creating high-quality magnetometers for extreme environments using Gallium Nitride and micromachining techniques with Silicon Carbide and wide bandgap semiconductors. Prior to joining TU Delft, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where she expanded her work to RF opto-electronic power devices, known as photo-semiconductor switches. In August 2022, she joined TU Delft as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microelectronics. Dr. Dowling is passionate about combining her love of sensors with harsh environments to explore optically coupled conduction mechanisms and open new avenues for high-performing microsensors, with an interest in both fundamental research and device development. She was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2015 and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2022.
TU Delft • Delft, Netherlands
Joined TU Delft as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microelectronics.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Livermore, California, USA
Worked on RF opto-electronic power devices, expanding research on photo-semiconductor switches.
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