BIOGRAPHY
Vijay Kris Narasimhan, Ph.D. (he/him) is the Director of R&D Collaborations in the Office of the CTO of EMD Electronics. In this role, he works internally and externally to drive collaborations that advance semiconductor materials research. His particular areas of focus are digital technologies, sustainability, and their intersection. Vijay has a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Ottawa, an MPhil in Nanotechnology Enterprise from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Vijay has broad technical expertise, with contributions in antenna design, renewable energy, nanoscale optical materials, rural electricity access, wet chemical etchants, thin film ALD ferroelectrics and chalcogenides, and applied quantum computing.