Heinz Schmid, IBM Research Europe, Zurich Laboratory, Switzerland,
“In recognition of valuable contributions over the past 4 decades in microfluidics, semiconductor epitaxy, field-effect transistors, and nanophotonic devices”
Heinz Schmid holds a position as Senior Engineer at IBM Research Europe. Heinz’s career at IBM started in 1984 with a 4 Year apprenticeship as lab technician. After graduation he was offered a permanent position at IBM’s research laboratory located nearby Zurich, Switzerland. His first task was to support scientists studying cold field emission sources by maintaining and building dedicated equipment. His first scientific contribution was the demonstration of a high brightness He ion source for microscopy. Since then, he has been involved in projects across various disciplines. He contributed to the exploration of alternative patterning methods which lead to the demonstration of printed molecules and proteins for immunoassays, and the use of microfluidics for protein and cell patterning. With the surging interest in semiconducting nanowires in the early 2000, Heinz was assigned to study nanowire fabrication and devices, where he contributed to nanowire synthesis and III-V field-effect transistor fabrication on Si. More recently his work is focused on the integration of optoelectronic devices with Si photonics.
His expertise and contributions were awarded by numerous IBM recognitions. He is co-inventor of 50 filed patents and co-author of over 150 publications. Heinz enjoys working in a stimulating and collaborative environment and in his spare time is a passionate snowboard veteran.