Professor Jo Shien Ng
PhD, BEng
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor of Semiconductor Devices
School Director of Research & Innovation


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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Profile
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I received my BEng degree and PhD degrees in electronic engineering from the University of 91Ö±²¥, in 1999 and 2003, respectively.
I held a postdoctoral position responsible for III-V material and device characterisation (2003 - 2006) within the EPSRC National Centre for III–V Technologies (now part of EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility).
I became a Royal Society Research Fellow (2006 – 2016) at the same department, before joining the department as Reader in Semiconductor Devices (2016). I was promoted to Professor of Semiconductor Devices in 2017.
My research topics include infrared photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes (APDs), Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) and material characterisation on novel avalanche materials. These have received funding from the UK (EPSRC, Innovate UK and STFC) and EU (Horizon 2020 and European Space Agency), with total research grant portfolio of over £4M.I am co-authors of >100 peer-reviewed international journal articles.
- Qualifications
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- PhD (Electronic Engineering), University of 91Ö±²¥ 2003
- BEng (Electronic Engineering), University of 91Ö±²¥ 1999
- Research interests
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- Avalanche photodiodes (APDs)
- Geiger mode avalanche photodiodes or Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs)
- High-performance photodetectors for mid-infrared light detection
- Publications
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Journal articles
Conference proceedings papers
0.52 In0.48 P photodetectors for underwater communication systems. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACPC 2015
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Software / Code
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Other
Preprints
- Research group
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Materials and Devices
- Grants
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Dates Sponsor Grant Title PI/co-I Jul 15 - Apr 16 Commercial AIInP detectors PI Jul 15 - Jun 16 Commercial Avalanche photodiodes Co-I Jul 15 - Jun 18 STFC Linear geiger mode detector technology for time resolved spectral measurements PI Mar 15 - Feb 17 Royal Society High-performance photodetectors for mid-infrared light detection PI Jan 15 - Jun 18 EU H2020 PROMIS (Postgraduate Research on Dilute Metamorphic Nanostructures and Metamaterials in Semiconductor Photonics) Co-I Jan 15 - Jun 15 European Space Agency InAs APD development for NIR & SWIR applications (Extension) PI Apr 13 - Oct 16 EPSRC Next generation avalanche photodiodes Co-I Apr 13 - Mar 16 Royal Society Royal Society University Research Fellowship PI Sept 12 - Aug 15 EPSRC InAsNSb dilute nitride materials for mid-infrared devices and applications. Co-I Jun 14 - Oct 14 Commercial InGaAs/InAIAs APDs PI
Jan 13 - Dec 14 European Space Agency InAs APD development for NIR & SWIR applications Co-I Dec 12 - Jun 13 Commercial InGaAs/InAIAs APDs PI Apr 12 - Sept 12 MoD CDE Narrow band APDs for underwater communications Co-I Mar 11 - Feb 13 EPSRC High performance X-ray detectors with sub-100eV energy resolution PI Oct 10 - Sept 13 EPSRC Novel InAS avalanche photodiodes for photon counting applications Co-I Dec 09 - Nov 12 STFC (PIPSS) Knowledge exchange in AIGaAs X-ray detectors PI Apr 09 - Apr 10 EMRS DTC Detector for infrared Algorithmic Spectrometer Co-I Oct 08 - Sept 11 TSB Extended Tempertaure OptoElectronics II (ETOE II) Co-I May 08 - Jul 11 EU FP7 Materials for avalanche receiver for ultimate sensitivity (MARISE) PI May 08 - Jul 10 EPSRC New high-performance avalanche photodiodes based on the unique properties of dilute nitrides. Co-I Nov 07 - Oct 08 MoD Col Detectors for UV non line-of-sight communication Co-I Nov 07 - Oct 08 MoD Col 2 Band Quantum Dot Infrared Photodiodes for Mid and Long Wave Infrared Scene Sensing Co-I Oct 07 - Sept 09 DSTL & STFC Avalanche photodiode array detector for eye-safe 3D imaging PI Apr 07 - Mar 10 EMRS DTC Infrared photodiodes based on Type-II Superlattices Co-I Oct 06 - Mar 13 Royal Society Royal Society University Research Fellowship PI May 06 - Sept 09 European Space Agency Near infrared detectors for LIDAR Co-I Apr 06 - Mar 09 EMRS DTC Co-I Oct 05 - Dec 05 EMRS DTC Novel low voltage InAs avalanche photodiodes for affordable 2D IR detectors. Co-I Apr 04 - Aprt 06 EU FP6 Secure Communications based on Quantum Cryptography Co-I Apr 03 - Mar 05 EMRS DTC High sensitivity avalanche photodiodes for imaging and rangefinding Co-I
- Teaching activities
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- EEE6217 - Optical Communication Devices and Systems
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of IEEE
- Co-founder of Phlux Technology Ltd, UK
- Research students
Student Degree Status Primary/Secondary Goldberg G R MPhil Graduated Primary Meng X PhD Graduated Primary Mohmad A R B PhD Graduated Primary Ong D S G PhD Graduated Primary Ong S-L PhD Graduated Primary Dimler S J PhD Graduated Secondary Guerrero Moreno M A MPhil Graduated Secondary