Bessel Research Award winner Prof. Dr. Abhay Sagade at the Institute of Applied Physics at TUD

On March 1, 2024, Prof. Dr. Abhay Sagade from the SRM Research Institute of Science and Technology in Kattankulathur, India, began his one-year research stay at the Institute of Applied Physics at TUD - Dresden University of Technology. This stay is part of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Together with his host Prof. Karl Leo and other renowned international scientists, Sagade hopes to establish new collaborations in the field of organic semiconductor physics in the coming months, particularly  using innovative interface engineering for high-frequency electronics.

Abhay Sagade is an internationally recognized expert in electronics whose contributions range from the experimental physics of condensed matter to the fabrication of micro-nano-electronic devices, charge transport in organic or inorganic nanowires, the physics of semiconductor devices and high-frequency electronics. In particular, he is known for novel approaches to applying nanoelectronics to flexible substrates. Last year, Sagade was awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for these excellent and extremely innovative scientific achievements in the field of the semiconductor industry. He was nominated for the award by Prof. Karl Leo from the Institute of Applied Physics at TUD, where he has been a guest since March of this year. The two top scientists did not know each other personally beforehand, but they have been following each other's research work for a long time: "This is the first time I have met and worked with Prof. Karl Leo. I have been following his research since 2006, the second year of my PhD. He is a world-leading researcher in the field of organic electronics. I am very much looking forward to our collaboration. During my stay, we want to jointly design new architectures that minimize radio frequency losses and enhancing active organic devices' cut-off frequencies, like transistors and rectifiers. With TUD's industry collaborations, we will show these next-generation devices' scalability beyond 5G technologies. Also, I will be visiting several top-ranked Universities in Germany as well as in European Union and interact with the alumni of the Alexander von Humboldt organization that will assist me in developing new collaborations.," says Sagade, explaining the objectives of his stay.

About the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards around 20 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards to internationally recognized scientists from abroad in recognition of their outstanding research achievements in all the disciplines and subjects. The award bears the name of the German astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1846) and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The central selection criteria include excellent scientific achievements that have already shaped the field, the well-founded prospect of future outstanding top achievements with appeal beyond the narrower field, and the significance of the research award in relation to the position of the field in Germany.

More information:
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/bewerben/foerderprogramme/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-forschungspreis

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Abhay Sagade
Institute of Applied Physics
TU Dresden
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