Address:
Center for High Technology Materials
1313 Goddard SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Biography
Dr. Lester is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Microelectronics Endowed Chair Professor at the University of New Mexico. He
received his B.S. in Engineering Physics in 1984 and his Ph.D. in
Electrical Engineering in 1992, both from Cornell University. Prior
to his arrival at UNM in 1994, Dr. Lester worked as an engineer for
the General Electric Electronics Laboratory in Syracuse, New York
for 6 years where he worked on high electron mobility transistors
for mm-wave applications. In all, Dr. Lester has 25 years experience
in III-V semiconductor devices and advanced fabrication techniques.
From 2001-2003, he was a co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of
Zia Laser, Inc., a startup company using quantum dot laser
technology to develop products for communications and
computer/microprocessor applications. The company was later acquired
by Innolume, GmbH. As a senior member of the IEEE since 2000, he is
an active organizer and participant in the IEEE Photonics Society's
conferences, workshops and journals. He was a US Air Force Summer
Faculty Fellow in 2006 and 2007. Dr. Lester's other awards and
honors include the 1998 UNM School of Engineering Research Award,
the 1994 Martin Marietta Manager's Award, and the 2007 UNM ECE
Teaching Award. He has published over 100 journal articles and over
120 conference papers.
