C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
R O B E R T A. S U R I S
Professor, Dr. of Sc.,
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of the Sciences
Affiliation: A.F.Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of the Russia Academy
of Sciences,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Born 31.12.1936 in Moscow, USSR
FIELDS:
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Solid State and Semiconductor Theory
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Solid State Devices Theory and Opto- and Microelectronics Technology
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Statistical Mechanics and Phase Transitions
EDUCATION:
1974 Academic Degree: Doctor of Sciences in Physics
and Mathematics from Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, USSR.
Thesis: "On the Theory of Electrical Instabilities in Semiconductors
and Semiconductor Structures".
1964 Academic Degree: Ph.D. in Solid State Theory
from Department of Physics of Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR.
Thesis: "Application of Green Functions Method to Some Problems of
the Solid State Physics".
1960 Master Degree in Theoretical metallurgy (with
honor) from Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Moscow, USSR
EMPLOYMENT:
| 1988 - present |
A.F.IOFFE PHYSICO-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Head of Laboratory (1988 - present), Head of Solid State Electronics
Division (1993 - 1999) |
| 1964 - 1988 |
MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH CENTER, Zelenograd, Moscow, USSR
Head of Research Division (1983-88), Head of Laboratory ( 78
-83), Senior Researcher (1967-78), Researcher (1964-67). |
| 1960 - 1964 |
RESEARCH INSTITUTE 'PULSAR' for SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY,
Moscow, USSR
Engineer, Senior Engineer |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (concurrently):
| 1988 - present |
St. PETERSBURG TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, St. Petersburg, Russia,
Full Professor, Head of the Solid State Physics Sub-faculty at Technical
Physics Department. |
| 1970 - 1988 |
MOSCOW PHYSICAL-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Moscow, USSR
Full Professor (1982-88), Associate Professor (1970- 82) at Physical
and Quantum Electronics Department. |
JOURNAL EDITOR
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Member of Editorial Board of "Journal of Technical Physics" and "Letters
to Journal of Technical Physics" , St. Petersburg, Russia. (1988 - present)
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Member of Editorial Board of "Semiconductor Science and Technology", IOPP,
UK (1985-1998)
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Member of Editorial Board of Journal "Microelectronics", Moscow, Russia
(1976 -present)
PROFESSIONAL COUNCILS:
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1989 - present Member of Scientific Council of A.F.Ioffe Physico -Technical
Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
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1989 - present Chairman of Scientific Council of A.F.Ioffe Physico -Technical
Institute that confirms Doctor of Science Degrees, St. Petersburg, Russia
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1988 - present Member of two Scientific Councils at the Russia Academy
of Sciences: Council for Semiconductor Physics and Council for Solid State
Theory
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1996 - present Member of Scientific Council for Superconductivity of the
National Program "Actual Problems Solid State Physics"
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1978 - 1989 Member of Scientific Council of Moscow Institute of Electronic
Technology that confirms Doctor of Science Degrees, USSR.
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1980 - 1989 Member of Scientific Council of Moscow Physical- Technical
Institute that confirms Ph.D. Degrees, Moscow, USSR.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
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Vice-Chair of the Program Committee, International Symposium "Physics at
the Turn of the 21st Century", St. Petersburg, September 28-October 2,
1998
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Program Chair, International Symposium Nanostructures: Physics and Technology",
St. Petersburg, Russia (1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993)
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Member, Program Committee, Russian Conferences on Physics of Semiconductors
(1998, 1996, 1994)
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Co-Chair and Program Committee Member, International Semiconductor Device
Research Symposium, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (1997)
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Program Chair, 23d International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors,
St. Petersburg , Russia (1996)
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Member, Program Committee, 23th and 24th International Conferences on Physics
of Semiconductors, Berlin (1996), Jerusalem (1998)
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Member, Program Committee, International Conference on Superlattices, Microstructures
and Microdevices, Liege, Belgium (1996)
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Member, Program Committee, International Symposium on Physical Concepts
and Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications, Trieste, Italy
(1993)
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Session Chair and Invited speaker on multitude Russian and International
Scientific Conferences, Workshops and Symposia
HONORS
VISITING POSITIONS
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Visiting Researcher, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA ( 1990)
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Visiting Researcher, Wuerzburg University, Germany (1995)
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Visiting Professor, Universites Paris 7 et Paris 6, Group de Phisique des
Solides,( 1995)
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Visiting Researcher, Ecole Normale Superiore and Universites Paris 7 et
Paris 6, Group de Phisique des Solides (1996)
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Visiting Researcher, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy (1996)
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Visiting Researcher, Wuerzburg University, Germany (1998)
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Visiting Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Israel (1999)
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Invention of the Semiconductor Distributed Feedback Laser
2. Pioneering theory of Sequence Electron Resonant Tunneling and Light
Amplification in Semiconductor Superlattices
and invention of Quantum Cascade Laser
3. Discovery of the Trap Re-Charge Waves in Semiconductors and
Theory of Transient
Processes in Semiconductor Photodetectors
4. Theory of Surface States in MOS - Structures and Semiconductor Heterostructures
5. Theory of Resonant Interaction of Lattice Vibrations with Impurity
Center Electrons in
Semiconductors
6. A New Approach in Theory of Diffusion Controlled Reactions
PUBLICATIONS:
About 270 papers published in Russia, American and International
journals concerning the theory of electric, photoelectric and optical phenomena
in semiconductors, semiconductor structures and opto- and microelectronics
devices, the physics of semiconductor lasers, the semiconductor and semiconductor
structure characterization, theory of phase transitions, diffusion controlled
kinetics and epitaxial growth, theory of the microlithography processes.
Also about 20 patents.
BOOKS, PUBLISHED OR EDITED
G.N.Berezin, A.V.Nikitin and R.A.Suris, "The Optical Backgrounds of Contact
Photolithography" (in Russian), "Radio i Svjaz'" (Radio & Communications),
Moscow, 1982.
M. S. Shur and R. Suris, Editors, the Proceedings of 23d International
Symposium on GaAs and Related Compounds, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sep. 22-28,
1996, Institute Phys. Conference Series, No. 155
Book Chapter: (in Russian) B.S. Borisov, I.N. Bukreev, R. A. Suris,
A.A. Vasenkov, Functional Microelectronics,
Chapter 10 in The Backgrounds of Microelectronic Devices Design, 1977,
" Soviet Radio", Moscow, USSR
BOOKS TRANSLATED
R. D. Mattuck, A Guide to Feinman Diagrams in the Many-Body Problem, McGrow
Hill Publishing Ltd, New York-London-Toronto, 1967, translated into Russian
by R.A. Suris and G.A Krasko, edited by V.L. Bonch-Bruevich, MIR,
Moscow, 1969
W. A. Harrison, Solid State Theory, McGrow Hill Publishing Ltd, New
York-London-Toronto, 1970, translated into Russian by G. Krasko, edited
by R. A. Suris, MIR, Moscow, 1972
Charge-Coupled Devices, Edited by D. F. Barbe, Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New
York, translated into Russian by V.A.Gergel and V.V.Rakitin, edited by
R.A. Suris, MIR, Moscow, 1982
C. H. Sequen and M. F. Tompsett, Charge Transfer Devices, Academic Press,
New York - San Francisco - London, 1975, translated into Russian, edited
by V. Pospelov and R. Suris, MIR, Moscow, 1968
Solid State Imaging, edited by P.G.Jespers, F. Van de Wiele and M. H.
White, Nordhoff-Leyden, 1976, translated into Russian, edited by
R.A. Suris, MIR, Moscow, 1979
F. J. Blatt, Physics of Electronic Conduction in Solids, McGrow
Hill, 1968, translated into Russian by R.A. Suris and G.A Krasko, MIR,
Moscow, 1971
Process and Device Simulation for MOS-VLSI Circuits, edited by P. Antognetti,
D. A. Antoniadis, R. W. Dutton and E. G. Oldham, Martunus Nijhoff Publishers,
1983, Boston-The Hague-Dordrecht-Lancaster, translated into Russian, edited
by R.A. Suris, "Radio I Svyaz", Moscow, 1988
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