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About me

Paul R. Berger (S’84 M’91 SM’97 F’11) is a Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Ohio State University and Physics (by Courtesy). He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tampere University in Finland. He received the B.S.E. in engineering physics, and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. (1990) in electrical engineering, respectively, all from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Research topics

Currently, Dr. Berger is actively working on quantum tunneling devices, printable semiconductor devices & circuits for IoT, bioelectronics, novel devices, novel semiconductors and applied physics.

About me

I have joined Tampere University as a Post-doctoral research fellow for Transient Electronics for Sustainable ICT in DigitaL Agriculture Project. My current scientific interests focus on synthesizing nanocomposites and utilizing the same to fabricate 3D-printed supercapacitors using additive manufacturing methods and investigating their electrochemical behaviours for next-generation energy storage applications.

Responsibilities

Fabrication, characterization and application of 3D Printed Supercapacitors.

Field of expertise

Synthesis of sustainable nanomaterials (nanoparticles, porous materials, thin films, composites) for next-generation energy storage applications (supercapacitors and batteries).

Research topics

Nanomaterials (nanoparticles, porous materials, thin films, composites) for next-generation energy storage applications (supercapacitors and batteries) and Catalysts and reaction engineering

Research unit

Printable Electronics Research Group, Tampere University

Research fields

Nanotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering and Electrical Engineering

About me

About me: 

- Interdisciplinary background (Physics, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Sciences)

- Lab-On-Chip microscale bioelectronics sensors using Electrochemical Transistors

- Flexible electronics and microfluidic-based wearable medical sensors. 

- Micro/nano fabrications of transistors (OTFTs, OECTs, EGOFFT), and memory devices via high-k materials.

- Cleanroom lab facilities access (multilayer deposition, patterning, Photolithography, etching, etc.)

- Highly dispersive and conductive Graphene Inks 

- MATLAB, TCAD (Basic), AUTOCAD, LABVIEW

- Teaching experience for 2 years as a Physics lecturer 

- International research experience that includes India, Australia, South Korea, and Finland.

- Research Interest: Graphene; Transistors; Bioelectronic Sensors; Memory Devices

Research topics

Project Title: 

High-resolution, Printing-Based Patterning and PHOTOnic SINTERing for High-Speed, Low-Voltage Metal-Oxide Thin Film Transistors (HI-PHOTO-SINTER) 

Collaborators: 

Faculty of Information Technology and Communications (Tampere University, Finland)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Ohio State University, USA) 

VTT Technical Research Centre (Finland)

Research fields

Printed electronics, Printed supercapacitors, Flexible energy storage systems

Research unit

Electrical Engineering

Research fields

biodegradable printed supercapacitor, stretchable electronics, printed electronics