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Randall M Feenstra Editor & Author

Randall M. Feenstra is professor in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh (USA). He gained his PhD in applied physics at the California Institute of Technology (USA). His research interests include atomic structure, electronic spectroscopy of semiconductor materials and heterostructures, growth of semiconductor thin films by molecular beam epitaxy, and scanning probe microscopy. He has received awards from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Peter Mark Memorial Award of the American Vacuum Society and the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award. He has also been the co-organizer of the symposium on GaN and Related Alloys at the MRS Fall Meeting, has been part of the organizing committee for the Electronic Materials Conference, has been a member of the Organizing Committee and Conference Chair for the Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces.

Dr. Colin E. C. Wood has a PhD in physical chemistry from Nottingham University (UK). He has substantial industrial and academic experience including as senior physicist at the Philips Research Laboratory in Salford (UK), Senior Research Associate at Cornell University (USA), Assistant Director at GEC Hirst Research Centre Wembley (UK), COO at Northeast Semiconductor Inc., Ithaca (USA) and Research Professor at University of Maryland (USA). He is a Founder Member of the Cornell Sub-Micron Center (NRRFS now NNF) and a Founder Member of the UK Low-Dimensional Solids Programme. His awards include the Patterson Medal from the Institute of Physics (UK).