Semiconductors Co-leader WG 2 (Power Electronics), LINXS Fellow

Prof. Vanya Darakchieva, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Vanya Darakchieva is Professor in Materials Science and a Wallenberg Scholar at Solid State Physics, Lund University, and part-time Professor in Semiconductor Materials at Linköping University. Her background is in semiconductor physics with focus on development of (ultra)wide bandgap semiconductors for high-frequency and power electronics. She is also developing spectroscopic techniques and analytical methods for studying electronic transport materials from bulk to nanoscale. Vanya is the director of VINNOVA Competence center for III-Nitride technology - C3NiT-Janzén and the Terahertz Materials Analysis Center.