SEMICON Europa 2016

Luigi G. Occhipinti
Principal Research Associate, Outreach and Business Development Manager
University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large-Area Electronics


Since April 2014 Dr. Luigi G. Occhipinti is member of the University of Cambridge, Electrical Engineering Division, and National Outreach Manager of the EPSRC Center of Innovative Manufacturing for Large Area Electronics (www.largeareaelectronics.org). He is also Founder and Director of Engineering at Cambridge Innovation Technologies Consulting Limited (www.citc-ltd.co.uk), a start-up company built to innovate the healthcare and medical sector.
He has 20 years of experience driving research and innovation in the semiconductor industry, pioneering the field of post-silicon technologies, including development and applications of: organic and printed electronics, MEMS and bio-MEMS devices, graphene-based flexible electronics, smart sensors and systems heterogeneous integration, chemical and bio-sensors for personalized diagnostics and therapeutics.
Prior to moving to the UK, Luigi was R&D Programs Director and Senior Group Manager at STMicroelectronics (www.st.com), a global semiconductor company, where he was in charge of multidisciplinary research teams and new business development based on Heterogeneous Integrated Smart Systems, Flexible and Disposable Electronics and New Sensors technologies.
He has authored and co-authored over 85 scientific publications and 37 patent families (H-index 18).
He is recognized expert in the field of printed, organic and large-area electronics and integrated smart systems, and has been Principal Investigator of multiple EC-funded programs in the areas of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Nanotechnologies, advanced Materials and Production (NMP). Dr. Occhipinti has been member of 2 IEEE (P1620, P1620.1) and 3 IEC standardization technical committees (TC105, TC111, TC113), and served: i) as executive committee member, the Italian District for Polymeric and Nanocomposite materials (IMAST) from 2010 to 2014, ii) as scientific committee and advisory board member, 3 EC-funded European projects in

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