Florin Udrea
Regular biography
Florin Udrea is a Professor of Semiconductor Engineering at the University of Cambridge, Department of Electrical Engineering. His research interests include power semiconductor devices, power ICs, high voltage technologies, sensors, infra-red emitters, and detectors. His work spans high voltage technologies, such as wide bandgap devices and vertical power devices, as well as MEMS and microsensors, including CMOS-based gas and flow sensors. He is also involved in strategic themes such as energy, transport, and urban infrastructure. Udrea leads a research group in power semiconductor devices and solid-state sensors, with a reputation spanning over 25 years. He has published over 550 papers and holds over 150 patents. He has founded five companies, including Cambridge GaN Devices Ltd and Flusso Ltd.
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Florin Udrea is a Professor of Semiconductor Engineering at the University of Cambridge, UK, specializing in high voltage power semiconductor devices, numerical simulations and modelling of semiconductor devices, and smart sensors and MEMS. His research focuses on the development and optimization of power electronics devices, including superjunction power devices, diamond power devices, and SOI power devices. Udrea's work also explores the integration of sensors with CMOS technology for applications such as gas sensing, humidity sensing, and mid-infrared sensing. His research includes the study of semiconductor device physics, device architecture design, and the modeling of device performance under various operating conditions.