Bio Sketch
Debdeep
Jena is the David E. Burr Professor of Engineering at Cornell University. He is in the departments of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and is a field member in the
department of Applied and Engineering Physics.
He joined Cornell in 2015 from the faculty at Notre Dame where he was
since August 2003, shortly after earning the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
His
teaching and research are in the quantum physics of semiconductors and
electronic and photonic devices based on quantized semiconductor structures
(e.g. Nitrides, Oxides, 2D Materials), and their heterostructures with
superconductors, ferroelectrics and magnets.
His research group develops energy-efficient transistors, light-emitting
diodes and lasers, RF and power electronics, and quantum computation and
communication devices. His research is
driven by the goal to enable orders of magnitude increase in the energy
efficiency and speed for computation, memory, communications, lighting, and
electrical energy management ranging from the chip to the grid.
His
group's research has been published in more than 400 journal papers
including in Science, Nature, Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters
and Electron Device Letters. He has been a Clarivate highly cited researcher
for several years and is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the
IEEE. His research is recognized by awards such as the 2012 ISCS young
scientist award, the 2014 MBE young scientist award, the 2024 Art Gossard MBE innovator award, and awards from the industry
such as the IBM faculty award in 2012, and the Intel Outstanding Research award
in 2020. He has served in leadership
roles in several national centers such as the SRC/DARPA JUMP centers, DOE EFRC,
NSF DMREF, and NSF EFRI. His research
work has resulted in several patents
and a spinoff company. His teaching is recognized by awards, and his
textbook
Quantum Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices has been adopted
by several universities for undergraduate and graduate courses.