Martin Kuball is the chair of the

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in Emerging Technologies, professor in physics at the

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, United Kingdom, and director of the

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(CDTR).

Education

Kuball received his Diplom from the

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, Germany and his PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart, Germany, During his PhD he worked with

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. Prior to joining the

he was Feodor Lynen Fellow of the

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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

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, to determine temperature in devices with submicron spatial resolution and nanosecond time resolution, and numerous other techniques for the thermal and electrical characterization of materials and devices including for understanding device reliability. Raman Thermography was used by multiple companies to qualify

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transistor technology for space applications. In 2019, he founded TherMap Solutions to commercialize techniques he developed and is presently its chief business officer. He presently leads the £5M

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Programme Grant GaN-DaME which develops GaN-on-Diamond technology for ultra high power RF devices, and the £2M

Platform grant MANGI which implements this technology for next generation internet applications.

Awards and honours

In recognition for his achievements, Kuball was awarded a

chair in emerging technologies, was elevated to fellow of the

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, of the

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, of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers,

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and the

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. Kuball has also won numerous awards including the Otto-Hahn-Award for Young Scientists in 1995, He Bong Kim Award in 2010, Royal Society Wolfson Award, in 2015, and TechWorks Group of the Year Award in 2017

References

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