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Mario Lanza

Adjunct Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Physical Science and Engineering Division

mario.lanza@kaust.edu.sa
Prof. Lanza research group website


Affiliations

Education Profile

  • Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, 2012-2013
  • Postdoctoral fellow, Peking University, 2010-2011
  • Ph.D. Electronic Engineering, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2010
  • M.S. Micro and Nanotechnology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2007
  • B.S. Electronic Engineering, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2006

Research Interests

Professor Lanza is recognized as a leading scholar on the study of hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN) and other ultra-thin dielectrics for electronic devices (SiO2, HfO2, Al2O3). Hisresearch aims to enhance the performance of silicon microchips and integrated circuitsusing 2D materials with outstanding electronic, thermal, chemical, physical and opticalproperties, with special emphasis placed on memristive crossbar arrays and their use inbuilding artificial neural networks. To facilitate his research, he utilizes nanoelectroniccharacterization of multiple materials and devices using scanning probe microscopy (SPM). ​

Selected Publications

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