Light-Emitting Diodes (1st Edition, 2003)

E. Fred Schubert received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) with honors from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1981, and his Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) with honors in 1986, also in Electrical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart. From 1981 to 1985 he worked on compound semiconductor crystal growth at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, as a doctoral student.  In 1985, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ as a Postdoctoral Fellow.  From 1988 to 1995, he was Principal Investigator in the Research Division of AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. In 1995, he joined Boston University and was appointed tenured Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Affiliated Member of the Photonics Center. At Boston University, he was responsible for GaN materials characterization and the fabrication and testing of compound semiconductor devices, in particular GaN-based devices. In 2002 he was appointed Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. At Rensselaer, he holds the Constellation Chair in Future Chips.