Thomas ZIMMER

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name, First name:        Zimmer, Thomas

ORCHID ID:                           0000-0002-4311-0969

Nationality:                              German

EDUCATION

2001                Habilitation, “Contribution to transistor and analogue circuits modelling”, IXL Laboratory, University of Bordeaux 1, France

1992                PhD in electronics, “Contribution to high frequency transistor modelling”, IXL Laboratory, University of Bordeaux 1, France

1989                Diploma in Physics (eq. Master) with distinction, University of Würzburg, Germany

CURRENT POSITION

2003 – present  Full Professor, University of Bordeaux, Laboratoire de l’Intégration du Matériau au Système, IMS

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2023                Best student paper award at IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) Conference, March 7-10, 2023, Seoul, Korea

2021                IEEE Electron Device Letters Editor selected our paper: DOI 10.1109/LED.2020.3040891 as a particularly remarkable article as Editors’ Picks

2018                Jan Van Vessem Award for Outstanding European Paper from the IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference

2017                Guest Lecturer under Global Initiative on Academic Network as one of the internationally renowned academic experts, Government of India

2017                Best paper award at IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium 2017, 28 – 30 November 2017, Marseille

2015                Best paper nomination at European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), September 7-8, 2015, Paris, France

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

2003 – present 6 Postdocs / 27 PhD / 4 Master Students, University of Bordeaux

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2003 – present  Professor @ IUT – University of Bordeaux: Analogue Electronics, Applied Mathematics – Analysis, Laplace Transform, Computer Science – Python Programming, Photovoltaics 

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2018                General and TPC chair, Workshop: Smart Campus, Bordeaux, France

2015                General and TPC chair, Seminar: SiGe-THz devices: Physics & reliability, Bordeaux

2015                General and TPC chair, Workshop: SiGe for mmWave and THz, Paris, France

2014                General and TPC chair, THz-Workshop: Millimeter- and Sub-Millimeter-Wave circuit design and characterization” in Venice, Italy

2013                General and TPC chair, OBip: Open Bipolar Workshop, Bordeaux, France

2012                TPC chair, European Solid-State Device Research Conference, Bordeaux, France

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES

2022 –  present Editorial Board Member for “Scientific Reports”. Scientific Reports is one of the Nature Portfolio journals.

2015 –  2022     Review panel member, European Microwave Week

2011 –  present Expert reviewer for Research grant proposals: ANR France, DFG Germany, FNRS Belgium, HRZZ Croatie

2011 – 2019     Review panel member, European Solid-State Device Research Conference, ESSDERC

2002 – 2009      Review Board, BCTM (Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting)

1996 –  present Referee for: IEEE TED, IEEE JEDS, IEEE MTT, IEEE EDL, IEEE TCAD, IEEE Access, Solid State Electronics, Microelectronic Engineering, and numerous others journals

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

2008 –  present IEEE Member

LEADERSHIP ROLES

2004 –  2019     Member of the common Lab: IMS/ST Microelectronics, leader of the Characterization and Modelling group

2002                Cofounder of the company XMOD Technologies, XMOD Technologies was acquired by SERMA Technologies in 2019

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2012 – 2016     Coordinator, “eScience”, Collaborative project between European and Maghrebian countries, 987k€, The aim of this project was to set up and network remote Labs in the countries of the Maghreb. The inaugurations of the Remote Labs were broadcast on the most important television and radio channels in the Maghreb as well as published in mainstream newspapers and magazines.

2013 – 2017     PI at the University of Bordeaux, “HeliosLab”, Collaborative European project dedicated to Photovoltaics. The pedagogical resources developed are freely available in five languages.

2017 & 2019    Jury Member for the Physics Olympiad: the physics competition for high school students.