Sargent E H
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Ted Sargent received the B.Sc.Eng. (Engineering Physics) from Queen’s University in 1995 and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Photonics) from the University of Toronto in 1998. He holds the rank of University Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology and also serves as Vice-Dean for Research for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. His book The Dance of Molecules: How Nanotechnology is Changing Our Lives (Penguin) was published in Canada and the United States in 2005 and has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, and Arabic. He is founder and CTO of InVisage Technologies and a co-founder of Xagenic. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; a Fellow of the AAAS “…for distinguished contributions to the development of solar cells and light sensors based on solution-processed semiconductors;” and a Fellow of the IEEE “… for contributions to colloidal quantum dot optoelectronic devices.” His publications have been cited over 12,000 times. Ted Sargent received the B.Sc.Eng. (Engineering Physics) from Queen’s University in 1995 and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Photonics) from the University of Toronto in 1998. He holds the rank of University Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology and also serves as Vice-Dean for Research for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. His book The Dance of Molecules: How Nanotechnology is Changing Our Lives (Penguin) was published in Canada and the United States in 2005 and has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, and Arabic. He is founder and CTO of InVisage Technologies and a co-founder of Xagenic. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; a Fellow of the AAAS “…for distinguished contributions to the development of solar cells and light sensors based on solution-processed semiconductors;” and a Fellow of the IEEE “… for contributions to colloidal quantum dot optoelectronic devices.” His publications have been cited over 12,000 times.
Research Interest
Electronics / Photonics
