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Dr. Luisa D. Bozano has been a research scientist at IBM’s Almaden Research Center (San Jose, California) since 2000. In her research, she is discovering and developing methods for making self-assembling molecular electronics, such as memories, aimed at being significantly cheaper than today’s silicon-based devices. A native of Genova (Genoa), Italy, Dr. Bozano received a Laurea Degree (equivalent to a master of science degree) in physics at the University of Genova in 1996. After graduation, she came to the U.S. to continue her collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, New York) on spin polarization of protons beams. In 1997, she moved to California, where she worked for a small company and joined the University of California-Santa Cruz as a researcher. In 1998 she entered the graduate program and earned her Ph.D. in physics in 2001. Dr. Bozano joined IBM Almaden during the last year of her doctoral coursework on a curricular practical training program to study the conduction properties of new materials for organic light emitting diodes. Her contribution was to measure the electron mobility in red-emitting polymers. Dr. Bozano is author of several technical papers on organic materials and co-inventor of a new class of bistable organic memory devices for which a patent is pending. She is also a mentor for high school students and is active in encouraging women and diversity groups to pursue education and careers in science, engineering and physics.
Thursday, September 7, 2006