Gouri Sankar Kar (invited)

Gouri Sankar Kar, Ph.D., serves as Vice President of R&D at Imec, where he leads cutting-edge research across logic, interconnect, memory, storage, and quantum device technologies. He defines and drives the company’s vision, strategic initiatives, and technology roadmaps, shaping the future of advanced semiconductor innovation.

Prior to joining Imec, Dr. Kar was lead integrator for Infineon/Qimonda Company. During his 4 years at Infineon/Qimonda, Dr. Kar spent time developing buried bit- line and word-line to integrate vertical transistors for 4F2 DRAM technology.

Dr Kar received a PhD degree in Semiconductor device technology from IIT Kharagpur, India on 2002. He moved to Germany and joined Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in the group of Prof. Klaus von Klitzing where he gained the knowledge in quantum dot growth and their applications.