Professor of Polymer Materials in the Department of
Chemistry at Imperial College, London, and co-founder of Flexink
Ltd.
Iain McCulloch´s research interests are in the design,
synthesis and application of conjugated materials for optical and
electronic applications.
He obtained a PhD in Polymer Chemistry in 1989 at the University
of Strathclyde, UK, then joined the research department of Hoechst
Celanese Corp., engaged in the research of novel functional
polymers for nonlinear optics, lithography and drug delivery.
Before joining Imperial, he was a Research Manager at Merck
Chemicals, UK from 2000 to 2007, responsible for novel solution
processable organic semiconductor materials for application in
organic field effect transistors and photovoltaic devices. He has
edited one book, is co-inventor on over 50 patents, co-author of
over 120 papers and five book chapters, and his achievements have
been recognized with several awards including the 2009 Royal
Society of Chemistry Creativity in Industry Prize.
Professor McCulloch has been member of the CEI-Europe faculty
since 2010
Course #65
Megafunction Electronics and Photonics Based on 3D
Integration