Elemental Scientific
Suhas is a veteran analytical expert in the semiconductor industry who has over 40 years’ experience in the analysis of trace contaminants. He began his career at Extrel Corporation in 1985 as a Staff Physicist developing mass spectrometer based instrumentation for trace analysis of environmental contaminants. During his time at Extrel he also developed instrumentation to measure sub ppt contaminants in semiconductor grade bulk inert gases. He joined Air Products and Chemicals in 1991 and developed novel approaches to utilize Ion Mobility Spectrometers for the analysis of semiconductor grade gases. . Over the next decade he developed a methodology to analyze trace contaminants in specialty gases and semiconductor liquid chemicals. He was the Director of Global Analytical Technology at Versum Materials after the company was spun off from Air Products and Chemicals. He retained this position when Versum Materials was later acquired by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and retired from there at the end of 2023. He currently works at Elemental Scientific, a company providing automation tools for online analysis of semiconductor chemicals. Suhas is active on the SEMI Liquid Chemicals Committee and the Analytical Task Force.
Suhas has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin and an Executive Master’s in Technology Management from Wharton/UPenn.