Professional Background:

Dr. Michael Schen joined ATP in 1997. Dr. Schen is currently the Acting Director of the Information Technology and Electronics Office. Dr. Schen's areas of expertise include flexible organic electronics, nanotechnology, microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing, packaging and interconnection technology, electronic and photonic materials especially organic / polymeric. In total, Michael has nearly 30 years of combined industrial, academic, and government experience in fundamental research, technology development, corporate research & development, advanced metrology, technology planning, program management and personnel supervision.

Prior to joining the ATP, Michael was Program Manager for the NIST Laboratories' Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Program; program analyst for the NIST Director's Office; a staff scientist at NIST in non-linear optical materials and electronic polymers; Fulbright and French Government co-sponsored post-doctoral researcher at the Université de Montpellier, CNRS Laboratories, Montpellier, France in conducting polymers; and research chemist at the Eastman Kodak Co. in polymer science.

Michael received his Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst , gained his Bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester , NY , and received his Associates in Applied Sciences from the State University of New York at Alfred.

Technical areas:

• Electronics and Microelectronics
• Nanotechnology
• Packaging and interconnection technology
• Electronic and photonic materials, especially polymers
• Semiconductor manufacturing

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