Leiping Lai

Biography

Leiping Lai has worked in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries including OLED and solar cell products for more than 30 years. He held various technical, business, and management positions in Motorola, Cypress Semiconductor, Applied Materials, Samsung Semiconductor, as well as Shanghai HH-NEC Electronics. He participated in the pioneer technology development of several semiconductor process technologies including chemical-mechanical planarization, shallow trench isolation, and Cu electroplating. Before joining Alien Technology, he was executive vice president and co-founder of Sunnyvale based Sunpreme, Inc. Leiping holds a BS degree in physics from Shanghai University of Science & Technology, and a PhD degree in materials science from Arizona State University.

Research Interest

Leiping Lai has worked in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries including OLED and solar cell products for more than 30 years. He held various technical, business, and management positions in Motorola, Cypress Semiconductor, Applied Materials, Samsung Semiconductor, as well as Shanghai HH-NEC Electronics. He participated in the pioneer technology development of several semiconductor process technologies including chemical-mechanical planarization, shallow trench isolation, and Cu electroplating. Before joining Alien Technology, he was executive vice president and co-founder of Sunnyvale based Sunpreme, Inc. Leiping holds a BS degree in physics from Shanghai University of Science & Technology, and a PhD degree in materials science from Arizona State University.