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Professor Lionel Kimerling’s research centers on the design and processing of semiconductor materials and devices. His work has a fundamental impact on understanding the chemical and electrical properties of defects in semiconductors. His research teams have enabled long-lasting telecommunications lasers, produced the first 1 MB DRAM, developed semiconductor diagnostic methods, and pioneered silicon microphotonics. Kimerling's research at MIT on silicon processing has addressed integrated circuit fabrication, microphotonic materials and devices, solar energy conversion, and environmentally benign integrated circuit manufacturing. He earned his BS in metallurgy in 1965 and a PhD in 1968 from MIT. Kimerling was the head of the Materials Physics Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories before joining the DMSE faculty in 1990. In addition to serving as the founding director of the MIT Microphotonics Center, he directed the MIT Materials Processing Center for 15 years, establishing the organization as a portal for industry engagement in materials-related disciplines. He leads MIT’s Initiative on Knowledge Innovation Manufacturing and the AIM Photonics Institute for executive education and workforce development, and has authored more than 600 technical articles and over 75 patents related to integrated photonics and semiconductor processing. Kimerling is a fellow of several professional organizations, including the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, the Materials Research Society, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Optica.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
AT&T Bell Laboratories •
Led research initiatives in semiconductor materials.