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7879 Boris Grek

1969 Review


 


Dr. Boris Grek

has had a multidisciplinary career in academia and the high technology sector. After obtaining a Ph.D. in Astro-Physics from Princeton University, Dr. Grek worked for several years at the Defense Research Establishment, Valcartier on the development of high power/energy CO2 lasers. This was followed with a professorship at I.N.R.S., Varennes where he continued to work on lasers and non-linear laser matter interaction. He then returned to Princeton University where he joined the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to conduct ground-breaking research in plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion. After participating in CRADA’s as the principal investigator with DuPont, BASF and others, he decided that applied research was his calling. Consequently he accepted a position with Ultratech Stepper in San Jose, California, where he eventually became the Chief Scientist/Engineer while working on steppers and laser anneal tools. While at Ultratech one of his inventions was rewarded with a R&D 100 award, an award that identify and celebrate the top high-tech products of the year. In 2007 he co-founded ANDevices, a maker of integrated planar light circuits. As V.P. of Design, Development and Electronics at ANDevices he was the principal designer of micro-optical/electronic devices for the telecom industry as well as various projects for DARPA, commercial companies, and universities. During this period he also worked on the development of EUV sources for the next generation of steppers for the electronic chip industry. He has authored multiple papers and holds more than a dozen patents. Although still consulting, his passion is now directed at developing non-optical techniques for the visualization of nanoscale structures of active biological molecules.

 

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