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Philip Wong is the Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where he has been a faculty member since 2004. His research interests lie in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, with a focus on solid-state devices. He is a Fellow of IEEE and has received several prestigious awards including the IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award and the J.J. Ebers Award from the IEEE Electron Devices Society. Wong has also held significant positions outside of academia, including Vice President of Corporate Research at TSMC, where he continues to serve as Chief Scientist in a consulting role. He is a founding Faculty Co-Director for the Stanford SystemX Alliance, an industrial affiliate program aimed at building systems, and he directs the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility, which supports researchers across academia, industry, and government. His leadership roles also extend to being a principal investigator for the Microelectronics Commons initiative funded by the CHIPS Act and serving on the Department of Commerce's Industrial Advisory Committee on microelectronics. Wong has contributed significantly to both industrial applications and academic rigor in electrical engineering.
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