Ian Ferguson
Professor
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
Ian Ferguson is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering prior to this he had leadership positions in both academia and industry. His research expertise focuses on the growth of compound semiconductors materials and devices and as an international educator and researcher he has had active collaborations in the US, Europe, and Asia. He has haa been actively involved in the entrepreneurial process of establishing new companies and co-founded a business incubator to support local area economic development. University of St. Andrews, Scotland: Ph.D. Compound semiconductors (June 1989) University of St. Andrews, Scotland: M.Sc. Optoelectronics (June 1986) Heriot Watt University, Scotland: B.Sc. Physics (Honors) (June 1984)
Research Interest
Expertise in III-Nitrides (GaN, InN and AlN), ZnO, InSb, InAs and other materials, LEDS for illumination and solid state lighting, Solar cells, and other detectors (UV, Neutron), Spintronics, Entrepreneurship.
Publications
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N. Lu and I. Ferguson, “III-Nitrides for Energy Production: Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Applicationsâ€, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 28, (2013), pp. 074023-074036
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A. Melton, B. Kucukgok, Z. Liu, N. Dietz, N. Lu and I. Ferguson, “Room temperature GaN-based spin polarized emittersâ€, SPIE OPTO, (2013) 863104-863104-9
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B Hussain, A Ebong, I Ferguson, “Zinc oxide as an active n-layer and antireflection coating for silicon based heterojunction solar cellâ€, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 139, (2015), 95-100
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Z Liu, X Yi, Z Yu, G Yuan, Y Liu, J Wang, J Li, N Lu, I Ferguson, Y Zhang, “Impurity Resonant States p-type Doping in Wide-Band-Gap Nitridesâ€, Scientific reports 6, (2016),
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G Tosini, I Ferguson, K Tsubota, “Effects of blue light on the circadian system and eye physiologyâ€, Molecular Vision 22 (2016) 61-72
