BIOGRAPHY
Zachary Holman is the Vice Dean for Research and Innovation for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, as well as a Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. As Vice Dean, he leads the research strategy for the Fulton Schools, which is the largest engineering college in the country. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota for his work on plasma-synthesized silicon and germanium nanocrystals, after which he spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher developing high-efficiency silicon solar cells at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. His personal research interests include new semiconductor and solar materials, equipment, processes, and device designs. He has been named a Moore Inventor Fellow, Trustees of ASU Professor, Fulton Entrepreneurial Professor, and Joseph C. Palais Distinguished Faculty Scholar, and he is the co-founder of three start-up companies based on ASU research: Swift Coat, Sunflex Solar, and Beyond Silicon.