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Bernard Kippelen

Dr. Kippelen was born and raised in Alsace, France. He studied at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg where he received a Maitrise in Solid-State Physics in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Nonlinear Optics in 1990.

From 1990 to 1997 he was Chargé de Recherches at the CNRS, France. In 1994, he joined the faculty of the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. There, he developed a research and teaching program on polymer optics and plastic electronics. He holds ten patents and has co-authored over 130 refereed publications and eleven book chapters. His publications have received over 1,400 citations. He served as chair and co-chair of numerous international conferences on organic optoelectronic materials and devices. He is the co-founder of several spin-off companies.

In August 2003, Dr. Kippelen joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where his research ranges from the investigation of fundamental physical processes (nonlinear optical activity, charge transport, light harvesting and emission), to the design, fabrication and testing of light-weight flexible optoelectronic devices and circuits based on nanostructured organic materials. He currently serves as Associate Director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics and Associate Director of MDITR an NSF funded Science and Technology Center.

Research Interests:

Organic light-emitting devices for displays and lighting
Flexible organic photovoltaic cells for portable power generation
Low-cost printed electronics for RFID
Real-time holography and signal processing
Ultra-fast photonics
Structure-property relationships in photonic and electronic materials

Awards:

NSF CAREER Award
3M Young Faculty Award
Senior Member, IEEE
Member, the Optical Society of America
Member, the American Chemical Society
Member, the American Physical Society,
Member, Materials Research Society

Member, the International Society for Optical Engineering.