Martin Kuball

Martin Kuball[1] is Professor in Physics at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and Director of the Centre for Device Thermography and Reliability (CDTR).[2]

Martin Kuball
Martin Kuball
Alma materMax Planck Institute for Solid State Physics (PhD)
Awards
  • Otto-Hahn-Award for Young Scientists (1995)
  • He Bong Kim Award (2010)
  • Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2015)
  • TechWorks Group of the Year Award (2017)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Bristol
ThesisEffects of Surfaces, Doping and Electrical Fields on the optical and electronic properties of GaAs (1995)
Doctoral advisorManuel Cardona
Websitewww.bristol.ac.uk/physics/research/cdtr/

Education

Kuball received his Diplom from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany and his PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart, Germany, During his PhD he worked with Manuel Cardona. Prior to joining the University of Bristol he was Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Brown University working with Arto Nurmikko.

Career and research

Kuball is known for his research into thermal characterization and reliability of electronic materials and devices, with particular focus on wide bandgap semiconductors, and RF and power electronic devices. He pioneered techniques such as Raman thermography, based on Raman spectroscopy, to determine temperature in devices with submicron spatial resolution and nanosecond time resolution,[3][4] and numerous other techniques for the thermal [5][6] and electrical characterization[7][8] of materials and devices including for understanding device reliability. Raman Thermography was used by multiple companies to qualify GaN transistor technology for space applications.[9] In 2019, he founded TherMap Solutions to commercialize techniques he developed and is presently its chief business officer.

He presently leads the £5M EPSRC Programme Grant GaN-DaME[10][11] which develops GaN-on-Diamond technology for ultra high power RF devices, and the £2M EPSRC Platform grant MANGI [12] which implements this technology for next generation internet applications.

Awards and honours

In recognition for his achievements, Kuball was elevated to Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,[13] [14] of the Materials Research Society[15][16], of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers,[17][18] Institution of Engineering and Technology[19] and the Institute of Physics [20][21]. Kuball has also won numerous awards including the Otto-Hahn-Award for Young Scientists in 1995,[22] He Bong Kim Award in 2010,[23] Royal Society Wolfson Award,[24][25] in 2015, and TechWorks Group of the Year Award in 2017 [17]

References
  1. Martin Kuball publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. CDTR | School of Physics | University of Bristol
  3. Measurement of temperature in active high-power AlGaN/GaN HFETs using Raman spectroscopy M Kuball, JM Hayes, MJ Uren, I Martin, JCH Birbeck, RS Balmer, BT Hughes, IEEE Electron Device Letters 23 (1), pp 7-9 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1109/55.974795
  4. M Kuball amd JW Pomeroy, A Review of Raman Thermography for Electronic and Opto-Electronic Device Measurement With Submicron Spatial and Nanosecond Temporal Resolution, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability 16 (4), pp 667 - 684 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1109/TDMR.2016.2617458
  5. JW Pomeroy, R Baranyai Simon, H Sun, D Francis, F Faili, DJ Twitchen, M Kuball, Contactless thermal boundary resistance measurement of GaN-on-diamond wafers, IEEE Electron Device Letters 35 (10), pp 1007-1009 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2014.2350075
  6. J Anaya, S Rossi, M Alomari, E Kohn, L Tóth, B Pécz, KD Hobart, TJ Anderson, TI Feygelson, BB Pate, M Kuball, Control of the in-plane thermal conductivity of ultra-thin nanocrystalline diamond films through the grain and grain boundary properties, Acta Materialia 103, pp 141-152 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2015.09.045
  7. MJ Uren, J Moreke, M Kuball, Buffer design to minimize current collapse in GaN/AlGaN HFETs, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 59 (12), pp 3327-3333 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2012.2216535
  8. MJ Uren, M Cäsar, MA Gajda, M Kuball, Applied Physics Letters 104 (26), pp 263505 []
  9. https://epsrc.ukri.org/files/newsevents/publications/case-studies/2015/lastinglifetimesbristoluniversity/
  10. Integrated GaN-Diamond Microwave Electronics: From Materials, Transistors to MMICs
  11. Diamond D-Day workshop gives progress update on GaN-on-diamond microwave technology
  12. Materials and Devices for Next Generation Internet (MANGI)
  13. November: IEEE fellows 2019 | News and features | University of Bristol
  14. IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile
  15. March: kuball materials research society | News and features | University of Bristol
  16. https://www.mrs.org/mrs-fellows-list
  17. January: Martin Kuball awards | News and features | University of Bristol
  18. Martin Kuball
  19. Recently Elected Fellows
  20. New fellows, new members and In Memoriam in September 2016
  21. Fellow (FInstP)
  22. Otto Hahn Award | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  23. He Bong Kim Best Paper Awards | CS MANTECH 2018
  24. 2015: Professor Kuball Wolfson Research Merit award | School of Physics | University of Bristol
  25. Royal Society announces Wolfson Research Merit Awards | Royal Society
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