Jürgen Michel
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Jurgen Michel is a Principal Research Scientist in the Microphotonics Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He manages and conducts research projects in silicon-based photonic materials and devices, agglomeration issues in silicon processing, and advanced solar cell designs.  His main focus is currently on on-chip WDM devices, Ge-based high performance detectors and modulators, Ge-based lasers, and photonic-structure- enhanced thin film solar cells.

Prior to joining MIT in 1991 he was Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, studying defect reactions and defect properties in semiconductor materials. He was educated in Germany and earned his diploma in Physics at the University of Cologne and his doctorate in Applied Physics at the University of Paderborn. He has co-authored over 180 scientific papers, 4 book chapters, 13 awarded patents, and more than 20 pending patents.