Marin Alexe. Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, Romania, 1995 Dipl.- Eng. in Physics, University of Bucharest, 1985

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1 Marin Alexe University of Warwick Department of Physics Gibbet Hill Road CV4 7AL Coventry UK Tel: Personal Information: Born: November 11, 1960, Romania Romanian citizen, married, one child Spoken languages: Romanian (native), English, German Education: Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, Romania, 1995 Dipl.- Eng. in Physics, University of Bucharest, 1985 Employment history: 2013-professor/Chair of Functional Materials, University of Warwick, UK 2012-adjunct professor Sung Kyun Kwan University (SKKU) / Korea senior research staff (permanent) at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Post-doctoral research fellow at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Research staff, Institute of Physics and Technology of Materials, Bucharest Physicist, Special Steel Plant, Targoviste, Romania Awards 2017 Theo Murphy Blue-Sky Award received from Royal Society/ UK Wolfson Research Merit Award received from Royal Society/ UK Max Planck postdoctoral fellowship Visiting Positions Visiting research fellow at University of Cambridge, UK, 2002 Visiting Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, October 2008 Research interest Nanoscience & nanotechnology, ferroelectric nanostructures and ultra-thin films. Nano-fabrication technologies; novel physical phenomena in electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials with shrinking dimensions. Size effects in nanoscale ferroelectric materials. Physics and and nano-engineering of thin film devices (multi-layers and, multi-functional thin 1

2 film devices, sensors, micro-actuators, non-volatile memories); Crystalline Oxides on Semiconductors; Functional metal oxide thin film deposition and processing for microelectronic, optical and high frequency applications Physics and engineering of complex oxide thin films and nanostructures Thin film growth and characterization of multi-functional metal oxide thin film with ferroelectric, multiferroic, conductive, and semiconducting properties; growth mechanisms and defect engineering, structure-property-processing interrelationships; transport phenomena in perovskites and correlated systems; photoelectric and photovoltaic phenomena in oxides Nanoscale Characterization: Physics at the nanoscale using scanning probes; Applications of scanning probe microscopy to study local properties thin films and nanoscale structures; ferroelectric domains and domain switching studies using piezoelectric force microscopy, size-effects in ferroelectrics Nanoengineering of functional oxides. Epitaxial ferroelectric and multiferroic oxides, nanoscale fabrication of functional oxide structures including nanowires, nanotubes, and nanostructures; compositional and interface engineering of ferroelectric and functional structures, self-assembled oxide nanostructures Information Technologies Non-volatile information storage technologies: ferroelectric random access memories; integrated optical devices for information processing and storage; "smart" thin film for sensors and actuators; Physics and technology of MOS devices including MFS devices and nonvolatile memories; Interfaces (oxides-semiconductor) and interface properties; Integration of functional oxides in Si and GaAs technologies and processes. Membership in scientific or coordination committees Member of the International Advisory Board of European Meeting on Ferroelectricity (EMF) Member of the International Advisory Board of European Conference on Applications of Polar Dielectrics (ECAPD) Member of Proposal Review Committee of Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Member of the International Advisory Board of International Symposium on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Nanoscale Phenomena in Polar Materials (PFM) Organizer and co-organizer of six different Symposia of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Program Chair of International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF-2008) Co-organizer of the symposium on Ferroelectric thin films of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting Boston,

3 Co-organizer of the symposium on Functional Materials of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting San Francisco, 2006 Publication summary: Over 280 papers published in journals that include Science, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology. Physical Review, Journal of Applied Physics, Ferroelectrics, Integrated Ferroelectrics, etc. Presented over 70 Invited talks at International Conferences, Symposia and Workshops ISI citation report: Published papers: >280; h-index: 48 Google scholar report: h-index: 59, h-index: 42 (since 2009), h(10)-index: 179 Books: Nanoscale characterization of ferroelectric materials, M. Alexe and A. Gruvermann Eds., Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2004 Basics and Applications of Direct Wafer Bonding, M. Alexe and U. Gösele Eds., Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2004 Patents: Composite Pyroelectric Material with high Pyroelectric Coefficient, C. Constantin, L. Pintilie, L. Ribco, and M. Alexe, Pat. No. RO109482, granted , Priority date 02/07/1993. Process for Producing Thin Conductive Layers of BaPbO3, M. Alexe, Pat No. RO granted , Priority date Method for the Production of a Porous Material with a Periodic Pore Arrangement, Wehrspohn Ralf; Gosele Ulrich M; Nielsch Kornelius; Choi Jinsub; Reiche Manfred; Alexe Marin, Pat. No. US , WO granted , Priority date A Nanotube Based Cantilever Arm, a Method of Operating and Manufacturing a Nanotube Based Cantilever Arm, and a Storage Device and a Photonic Crystal Based on an Array of Nanotube Based Cantilever Arms, M. Alexe, Y. Luo, I. Szafraniak, R. Wehrspohn, M. Steinhart, Pat application No. EP , Priority date , Pending. A nanowire-based memory capacitor and memory cell and methods for fabricating them, M. Alexe and U. M. Goesele, Patent application no. EP , Priority date Pending. Flexo-Photovoltaic device, Mingmin Yang, Don Jik Kim and M. Alexe, 2017 Patent application pending Professional affiliation: Material Research Society American Institute of Physics 3

4 Reviewer activities Regular reviewer at major scientific journals: Science, Nature, Nature Materials, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, etc. Reviewer of EU projects in the Information Technology section of the European Commission Reviewer of German funding societies such as, DFG, VW-Stiftung, Alexander van Humboldt. Funding history: Principal Investigator co-pi of UK (EPSRC and Royal Society), UK, EU and German (BMBF and SFB) Projects, author of a VW Foundation Project, and two industrial projects; more than 75% success rate of the project applications. Topological functionalities in perovskite oxides, Royal Society Theo Murphy Blue-Sky Research Award 87k, , status: in progress. Ferrotoroidic structures: polar flux-closure, vortices and skyrmions, EPSRC project 1000k, , status: in progress. Ferroelectric, ferroelastic, and multiferroic domain walls: a new horizon in functional materials, EPSRC project 2.5M ( 730k UoW), , partners: Queen s Belfast, Cambridge, St. Andrews, status: in progress. Vector field and pulsed light assisted variable temperature scanning probe microscope for time and space resolved nano-characterisations, EPSRC Strategic Equipment project 750k ( 500k UoW), , status: in progress. Nanoscale multiferroic materials and heterostructures for oxide electronics, Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award 50k, , status: in progress. Interfacing Oxides -IFOX, EU Poject , 600 k, 2 co-workers, 16 Partners across Europe, Status: Funktionalität Oxidischer Grenzflächen (Functional oxide interfaces), Focused Research Area (SFB) no. 762, , 400 k, 1 co-worker, partners, Martin-Luther University Halle, University of Leipzig, University of Magdeburg, Status: Nanosized Ferroelectric Hybrids-II, VW Stiftung Project , 350 k, 3 co-workers, Partners: FZ Jülich, MPI-Halle, RWTH Aachen, FhG Erlangen, Uni Liège (Belgium), Status: Waferbonding and Active Passive Integration Technology and Implementation, -WAPITI, EU- IST Poject , 200 k, 2 co-workers, Partners: IFH Berlin,University of Cambridge, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, EV Group Austria, IMT Bucharest, Status: Nanosized Ferroelectric Hybrids, VW Stiftung Project , 200 k, 2 co-workers, Partners: FZ Jülich, MPI-Halle, RWTH Aachen, FhG Erlangen, Uni Liège (Belgium), Status: Nanosize ferroelectrics structures via chemical solution routes Project Group in the European COST Action 528 Chemical solution deposition of thin films, Partners: MPI-Halle 4

5 (coordinator), RWTH-Aachen, TU-Dresden, Cambridge University - UK, Cranfield University UK, and EPFL Switzerland, Status: Single-crystalline thin films by direct wafer bonding and hydrogen implantation -BONDFILM, Marie Curie Host Fellowship, , 300k, 6 co-workers Integration of very high-k dielectrics with silicon CMOS technology - INVEST, EU-IST Project, , 200k, 3 co-workers, Partners: MPI-Halle, IMEC-Leuven, IBM-Zurich, NCSR Demokritos Athens, OAR-Oxford, TU-Clausthal, Riber S.A- France, INFM-Milano, Philips-Leuven, Nano-imprint Lithography for nanosize structures of functional materials, BMBF Project, , 500k DEM, 3 co-workers, finished, Partners: Uni-Wuppertal, Electronic Vision Group GmbH, Microresist Technology GmbH, MPI-Halle, GaAs bonding to high thermally conductive AlN substrates. NORTEL Ltd. Canada, , 50k $ granted, 1 co-workers, Status: Bonding technology for monolithic integration of GaAs optoelectronic devices on Si substrates for Chip-to-Chip optical interconnections BONTEC. Esprit-EU project, , 200 k, 2 co-workers, granted, status: Parteners: MPI-Halle, IMEL-NCSR Demokritos Athens and University of Crete, Greece. 5