Adrian Mihai Ionescu

He received the B.S./M.S. degree in electronics and telecommunications, and the Ph.D. in microelectronics from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania in 1989 and 1994, respectively. He obtained a second PhD in semiconductor physics from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1997. ==Career==

He has held staff and/or visiting positions at CEA-Leti, Grenoble, France, LPCS-ENSERG, Grenoble, France and Stanford University, US, in 1998 and 1999. He was a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2012 and 2016. He is the founder and director of the Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory of EPFL. and a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), from which he received the Outstanding Achievement Award in 2015. He is co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors of Xsensio SA, a start-up developing wearable biosensors. ==Field of research==

Adrian Ionescu's research in beyond CMOS steep slope devices is seminal. He pioneered the demonstration of tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) with enhanced turn-on/off steepness using the principle of band-to-band tunneling injection. He has also made groundbreaking contributions in the field of internal gain devices using negative capacitance effect, to accomplish steep turn-on/off qualities. Other research interests and contributions include phase change materials and devices for neuromorphic computing, MEMS/NEMS for radiofrequency and sensing applications, and, fully-depleted Silicon-On-Insulator semiconducting qubits. As one of Europe's leading scholars in the field of micro- and nanoelectronics, he has paid constant attention to linking fundamental research to societal needs. His technical contributions range from nano-mechanical devices to futuristic post-MOSFET transistors with ultra-low power functionality. His recent venture, DIGIPREDICT, uses digital twin technology and energy-efficient sensors to detect biomarkers in human biofluids and predict the trajectory of diseases like sepsis and COVID-19. He has combined an experimental, analytic approach with remarkably original insights to fundamentally advance the understanding of electron devices and technology. ==Honors and awards==

• 2024 IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award for "leadership and contributions to the field of energy-efficient steep slope devices and technologies". • IEEE George E. Smith Award 2017. • In 2016 he received the prestigious Advanced ERC (European Research Council) Grant for individual senior scientists in Europe to develop a 5-year research programs aiming at 100 millivolt switches and sensors for Internet-of-Things. • Outstanding Achievement Award of Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences in 2015. • 2009: for remarkable contributions to the progress in engineering sciences in the domain of electronics from the Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SEE, Paris), France. • Annual Award of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, 1994, for contributions to SOI technology. ==Publications==