Erik D. Taylor

Erik D. Taylor (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree (Hons.) in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1993, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, in 1995 and 2000, respectively. In 1999, he joined as a Senior Scientist/Engineer with Eaton Corporation, Horseheads, NY, USA, a Vacuum Interrupter Manufacturer, where he was promoted as a Fellow Engineer in 2004. Since 2008, he has been with Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany, where he is currently a Senior Key Expert in switching technology. He has authored over 80 articles and an inventor on seven patents. Dr. Taylor is a member of the Current Zero Club and was a Guest Editor for the Special Issue on Vacuum Discharge Plasmas in the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science in 2017.