Patrick Kung

Patrick Kung (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Diplôme d’Ingénieur degree from the École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, in 2000. From 2000 to 2007, he was a Research Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University. He joined the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, in 2007, where he is now an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interest focuses on exploiting the interplay between photons, electrons, excitons, and other quantum particles in semiconductors, with the goal of advancing device applications and integration. His research topics include synthesis of semiconductor materials; engineering of 0-D–3-D material topologies (epitaxial films, 2-D monolayers, 1-D nanowires, 0-D quantum, and so on), heterostructures and interfaces; fabrication and testing of photonic and electronic devices; and flexible electronics. The developed devices and integrated systems serve applications in nanophotonics, quantum/chem-bio sensing, quantum/optical communications, quantum information processing, neuromorphic computing, light sources, energy harvesting/conversion, and others. Dr. Kung is a member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) and has been inducted into the National Academy of Inventors.