Deputy Director: Professor Jon Heffernan

Professor Jon Heffernan is professor of semiconductor materials and devices and director of the EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies at Sheffield. Prior to joining the University he spent eighteen years in corporate research as director of Advanced Optoelectronics in Sharp Corporation. In this role he was responsible for development of a range of new technologies including lasers, LEDs, solar cells and nanomaterials and is well known for pioneering development of MBE growth of nitride lasers.

Jon has extensive experience of developing technologies from basic research through to technology transfer in to mass production and has worked closely with development and production units in the UK, Japan, US, and China. He has led groups of scientists and engineers in collaborative programmes with leading Universities in the UK and Europe and has published 58 papers and 39 patents.

In his current role in the department of electronic and electrical engineering in Sheffield he is responsible for leading the extensive epitaxy and device work of the National Centre as well as continuing his own research interests in new semiconductor devices and materials. As co-director for the Future Photonics Hub he leads the development of sources and detectors and has responsibility for the grand challenge themes in the Hub.

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