Biography

Chi On Chui received the B.Eng. degree in electronic engineering (with highest honors) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Kowloon, Hong Kong, in 1999, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. In 2004, he joined Intel Corporation as a Researcher-in-Residence at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. During 2005-2006, he was also appointed as a Consulting Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Since 2007, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department at University of California, Los Angeles and he is currently an Assistant Professor.

Prof. Chui has conducted research in a broad area of germanium-based solid-state devices ranging from process development to device physics, characterization, and simulation. A major part of his work was on the seminal integration of high-permittivity gate dielectrics into germanium channel MOSFETs with significant carrier mobility enhancement demonstrated. He also maintained a strong interest in Group IV optoelectronic devices and specialized in high-speed and low-noise photodetectors for monolithic integration.

Dr. Chui is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and has served on the technical committee for the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC). He was awarded the Academic Achievement Award (AAA) by HKUST in 1999. He received the Best Student Paper Award in the IEEE 60th Annual Device Research Conference (DRC) in 2002 and the Best Paper Award in the 13th Workshop on Dielectrics in Microelectronics (WoDiM) in 2004. He was also the recipient of the Intel Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship and the Microsoft Academic Research Grant in 2003. He has authored or coauthored over 60 technical papers (including 20 invited papers) and 3 book chapters. He also has 4 pending patents.

Research Interests
Professor Chui’s current research focuses on heterostructure semiconductor physics and technology involving the application of novel device concepts and fabrication techniques to explore the quantum-mechanical and strain effects at the nanoscale.

Awards and Recognitions

• 2007 Okawa Foundation Award