Tomás Palacios

Tomas Palacios is the Director of Microsystems Technology Laboratories(MTL) and a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS)at Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts's Institute of Technology (MIT). Prof. Palacios serves as Director of the 6-A M.Eng Thesis Program, and Industry Officer for EECS Alliance within the EECS Department. Being a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE fellow Prof. Palacios has served the microelectronics community as the general chair and as executive committee member in 2022 for the IEEE Symposium on Very Large-Scale Integration Technology(VLSI) and Circuits. Tomas Palacios is recognized with many awards for his work in the microelectronics industry including the Intel's Outstanding Researcher Award (2020), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012 and 2019 IEEE George Smith Award. Twice in a row, Tomás has been honored as Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers in 2022 and 2021.
Recently, authored papers are below:
* High temperature robustness of enhancement-mode p-GaN-Gated AlGaN/GaN HEMT technology
* GaN Memory Operational at 300 °C as one of the 10 papers (out of more than 200) selected for publication in IEEE Explore Digital Library, December 2022. 
* Chemiresistive Hydrogen Sensing with Size-Limited Palladium Nanoparticles in Iptycene-Containing Poly(arylene ether)s
* Electronics based on two-dimensional materials
== Biography ==
Born in Jaén, Spain, Tomas, received his undergraduate degree in Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain in 2001. Tomas moved to the United States to complete his graduate degree and Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2004 and 2006 respectively.
== Career ==
In January 2023, Tomas Palacios assumed role as Associate Director to Semiconductor Research Corporation SUPeRior Energy-efficient Materials and dEvices (SUPREME) Center under the JUMP 2.0 program 2023, partially sponsored by DARPA agency. Read more about the initial announcement by DARPA on December 2022. SUPREME center to be lead by Cornell University.
In December 2022, Tomas Palacios was named as the Director of Microsystems Technology Laboratories(MTL).
In 2006, Tomas joined Massachusetts's Institute of Technology as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS). Tomas is the Director of the 100 year old 6A MEng Thesis Program within the EECS department. From 2016, as professor Tomas continues to serve many roles impacting the student and faculty body being a member of the EECS Graduate Admission Committee and MTL Process Technology committee. 
Tomas is a Fellow of the Fundacion Gadea, which recognizes some of the most important Spanish scientists and engineers.
== Publications ==
Complete list of publications by Tomás Palacios may be accessed at his Google Scholar verified profile.
== Personal Life ==
Dr. Palacios currently lives in Belmont, Massachusetts|Belmont, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.
== Professional Services ==
From 2022 to Present 
* Member, MIT-Spain MISTI Advisory Board
* Designated Representative, Chancellor, EX OFFICIO, of the MIT Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP)
* General Chair, VLSI Symposium on Technology and Circuits 
* Chair of the Blue-Sky Research Committee within the School of Engineering
* Member of the Steering Committee for the Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Conference, an annual international conference with ~400 attendees. Previous conference chair, supervised the organization of the 2022 Compound Semiconductor Conference (CSW). 
* Member of the IEEE Education Award Committee in the Electron Device Society 
* Guest editor of a special issue of Applied Physics Letters on power electronics
* Director of Knowledge Transfer (NSF-Science and Technology Center of Integrated Quantum Materials) 
* Associate Editor of the IEEE Electron Device Letters 
* Short course organizer for the 2022 International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and IC 
* Chair of the GaN Technical Program Committee of the 2022 and 2023 International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and IC
* Member of the Technical Program Committee of several international conferences, including the International Workshop on Compound Semiconductors, the International Electron Device Meeting, the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and IC and the International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors. 
* Founding member of the Nanotechnology Subcommittee of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. 
* Member of the SRC Microelectronic and Advanced Packaging Technologies (MAPT) Roadmap 
* Member, International Advisory Committee of the 12th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) 2022 Dhaka, Bangladesh 
* Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the physica status solidi sa journal
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Category:People from the Province of Jaén (Spain)