Thinfilm Appoints Top Scientists to Technology Council

Thin Film Electronics ASA (Thinfilm) announced the formation of the Thinfilm Technology Council with Ana Claudia Arias, Jiro Kasahara and Donald Lupo as its three members. Arias will chair the council, while Kasahara will be co-chairman.

“These are among the foremost scientists in the field of printed electronics,” says Davor Sutija, Thinfilm CEO.

“We are at the front in printed electronics on developing integrated printed systems. The technology council will give valuable input on how to take advantage of the latest technological advances in our work to combine our memory technology with other printed electronic components,” Sutija continues.

Dr Arias is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining UCB, Dr. Arias was the Manager of the Printed Electronic Devices Area at PARC, a Xerox Company, Palo Alto, CA. Last year Dr. Arias was recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of eighty-six brightest young engineers performing exceptional engineering research and technical work.

Kasahara established Sony Fusion Domain Laboratory in 2001, where he was responsible for the development of molecular and organic electronics including organic semiconductors for Flexible and Printable electronics until the time of his retirement from Sony in 2008. He is now Professor at Hokkaido University, in their Catalysis Research Center.

Lupo is Professor of Electronic Materials in the Department of Electronics at Tampere University of Technology. He leads work in organic and printable electronics, including printed diodes, transistors and solar cells, and on the effect of printing processes on materials, interfaces and devices. Previously, he was at Hoechst AG and at Sony International (Europe) GmbH where he worked on polymer OLEDs and organic solar cells. At NTERA Ltd. in Dublin, Ireland he was head of display R&D for paper-like displays based on electrochromic nanomaterials.