Personal information
Family Name: Östling
First name: Mikael
Date of Birth: August 26, 1955
Nationality: Swedish
URL: https://www.kth.se/profile/mostling
Publication Citations (Google Scholar as of April 2022)
h-index 51
Total Citations > 12600
Publications with > 10 citations: 280
Research Field in ERC PE7 and PE3
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5845-3032
Higher education degree(s)
1980 Master of Science, Engineering Physics, Dept of
Technology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Doctoral degree
1983 Doctor of Technology, Electronics, Uppsala University,
Dept of Technology, “Development of metallization systems for
VLSI technology: the use of RBS and other analytical tools”
Postdoctoral work 1993-94, 1997 and 1999
Visiting professor at Stanford University (Center for Integrated Systems) and University of Florida
(Gainesville)
Qualification required for appointment as docent/associate professor
1987 Docent, (Assoc. Prof. degree), KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Current positions
2017- Deputy President, KTH
1996 – Professor Solid State Electronics, KTH,
Previous positions
2013 – 2017 Head, Department of Electronics, School of ICT, KTH
2004 – 2012 Dean, KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology
2001 – 2004 Head, Department of Microelectronics and IT, KTH
2000 – 2001 Head, Department of Electronics, KTH,
1998 – 2014 Head, Lab division of solid state devices, KTH
1995 – 2000 Director of graduate studies, Department of Electronics, KTH
1990 – 1995 Director of undergraduate studies, Department of Electronics, KTH
1983 – 1996 Researcher, Assistant professor and Associate professor, KTH
Board Memberships
Board of Directors, Cesaer University Network, 2020-22, Chair workgroup Sustainability.
Member Scientific Council, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece,
2019- Chair, Board of Directors, Myfab national infractructure, 2018-
Board of Directors, STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research
and Higher Education 2016-2022
Board of Directors Kista Science City AB, 2015- ongoing
Board of Directors, Stockholm Science City Foundation, 2017-22
Board of Directors, Flemingsberg Science, 2017- ongoing
SINANO Institute (EU-institute) Elected Board Member 2008-2010, 2011-2013, 2017 -2019
ENIAC, Swedish rep. in the EU ENIAC Scientific Community Committee Management Team
Member 2006-2013
Board of Governors, Elected Member, IEEE Electron Devices Society, 2011-2016
ANNA, EU FP6 Scientific Advisory Board Member “European Integrated Activity of Excellence
and Networking for Nano- and Micro- Electronics Analysis” 2007-2009
Chair, Section D: Electronics and Photonics Section, Swedish National Committee for Radio
Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2003 – 2011
Advisory board member, Stockholm Innovation and Growth (STING), 2004 – 2012
Board Member, Electrum Foundation, 2005 – 2012
Chair, Sveriges Elektro- och Dataingenjörers Riksförening, 2005-2007, Board Member 2003-
2007.
Co-founder and Board Member, TranSiC AB 2005-2011, Company sold to Fairchild Semiconductor
Board Member, Sweden ICT Research Institute AB, 2005-07
Board Member, Swedish national program “Thin film Technology Program”(SSF) 2000-2005
ADCOM Elected Member, IEEE Electron Devices Society, 1999- 2005,
Chair (founding), IEEE Sweden Electron Devices Chapter 1995-2016
Individuals who have completed their doctoral degree under my supervision
Östling has been the principal- /co-advisor for 47 PhD students to date.
1989: Stefan Nygren,
1990: Hao Jiang, Shili Zhang,
1991: Thomas Ericsson
1995: Ulf Erlesand,
1996: Nils Lundberg,
1997: Carl-Mikael Zetterling, Tord Karlin
1998: Wlodek Kaplan, Olof Tornblad,
1999: Martin Domeij
2001: Martin Linder, Martin Sanden, Johan
Pejnefors, Erik Danielsson
2002: Sang-Kwon Lee, Fanny Dahlqvist,
Gunnar Malm
2003: Sten Hellström, Sang-Mo Koo, Erdal
Suvar
2004: Erik Haralson, Wei Liu,
2005: Christian Isheden,
2006: Martin von Haartman
2008: Zhen Zhang, Hyung-Seok Lee,
2010: Jun Luo,
2011 Reza Ghandi, Mohammadreza
Kolahdouz, Valur Gudmundsson
2012 Buono Benedetto,
2014 Eugenio Dentoni Litta, Luiga Lanni,
Maziar M Naiini,
2015 Maryam Olyaei
2016 Sam Vaziri, Anderson D Smith,
2017 Arash Salemi,
2018 Ali Asadollahi, Hossein Elahipanah,
Ganesh Jayakumar
2019 Shuoben Hou, Szymon, Szymon
Sollami Delekta
2020 Konstantinos Garidis
2021 Ahmad Abedin, Laura Zurauskait
Society Memberships
IEEE since 1985 (Fellow 2004-), American Vacuum Society 1985-, Electrochemical Society 1984- ,
Rotary International Stockholm-Kista 2005-
Editorial Board Memberships
2016-19 Editor in Chief, IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society
2015-21 Series Editor Electronic Materials and Design, River Publishers
2014-20 Editor IEEE J Electron Device Society
2014 Guest Editor MRS Bulletin Special issue New Materials for Post-Si Computing
2014 Guest Editor Solid State Electronics Special issue ULIS
2012 Guest Editor Solid State Electronics Special issue ESSDERC
2011 Guest Editor Solid State Electronics Special issue ISTDM
2005-2013 Editor IEEE Electron Device Letters (impact factor 2.9)
2004 Guest Editor IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, special issue on Rf Applications
International scientific Committee Memberships (past 10 years)
ESSDERC (European Solid State Devices Conference), Chair of the Steering Committee 2018-19,
Technical Program Chair 2011,
Technical Program Committee member, 1997-2011, Track chair 2005-2008, 2015-22
Device Research Conference (DRC), Executive committee, 2015
International Electronic Devices meeting (IEDM) 2013-14
International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices (ISPSD) 2012 –
Device Research Conference (DRC), member of the technical program committee, 2009-2014
General Chair ULIS (Ultimate Integration on Silicon) 2014
General Chair ISTDM 2010
International Symposium on Device Research (ISDRS), European Chair, 2003-
Member, IEEE Graduate Student Fellowship Committee, 2001-2003
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award Committee member 2014-16
IEEE EDS Vice President 2014-15
IEEE EDS Fellow Committee 2016-17
IEEE EDS Publications and Products Committee 2016-2019
Program Director (most recent)
2015-2018 VR (Framework): 1D devices for Ge and 2D materials utilizing 3D integration technology
2014-2016 VR: iGRAPHENE – Integrated Graphene Photonics
2014-2018 KAW: WOV Working on Venus
2014-2019 SSF: Germanium nanowire transistors for sequential 3D integration
2009-2011 VR: Fundamental noise studies on strain-engineered and high-mobility nano-scale
transistors
2006-2007 SSF: Nanoelectronic MOSFET program
2006-2008 SSF: Silicon Nanoelectronics Programme, NEMO
Coordinator of EU Projects (past 10 years)
2014-2016 ERC Proof of Concept iPUBLIC – Inkjet Printed Ultrafast Batteries and Large-scale
Integrated Capacitors
2009-2014 ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Open silicon based research platform for emerging
devices – OSIRIS
2011-2012 FP7 FET Flagship proposal project Guardian Angeles (KTH project leader)
2010-2013 FP7 NANOFUNCTION
Acronyms; KAW = Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, VR = Swedish Research Council,
VINNOVA = Sweden’s innovation agency, SSF = The Swedish Foundation for Strategic
Research, ERC = European Research Council, FP 7 = European Framework Programs 7.
Awards and Special Commissions
2014 SER Prize (The Swedish Electro and Computer Society)
First recipient of the European Research Council Advanced Grant 2009
Fellow IEEE 2004, Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Electron Devices Society 1997-
Senior Research Scholar, J. William Fulbright Scholarship, 1993-94,
Alm Scholarship 1991 and 1993, KTH
Some Key publications
1. M. Östling, R. Ghandi and C. Zetterling, “SiC power devices — Present status, applications
and future perspective,” 2011 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Power Semiconductor
Devices and ICs, 2011, pp. 10-15, doi: 10.1109/ISPSD.2011.5890778. cited by 190
2. L. Lanni, B. G. Malm, M. Östling and C. Zetterling, “500 C Bipolar Integrated OR/NOR Gate
in 4H-SiC,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 1091-1093, Sept. 2013, Cited by
100
doi: 10.1109/LED.2013.2272649.
3. M Haartman, M Östling, “Low-frequency noise in advanced MOS devices” Text book
Springer Science & Business Media 2007, ISBN 1402059108, cited by 298
4. J Li, F Ye, S Vaziri, M Muhammed, MC Lemme, M Östling “Efficient inkjet printing of
graphene” Advanced materials 25 (29), 3985-3992 2013, cited by 454
doi.org/10.1002/adma.201300361
5. Shi-Li Zhang & Mikael Östling “Metal Silicides in CMOS Technology: Past, Present, and
Future Trends,” Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 28:1, 1-129, (2003)
cited by 411
DOI: 10.1080/10408430390802431.
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Prof. Mikael Östling