Harry Ruda
Professor
Professor of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
Harry Ruda is Director of the Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology, the Stanley Meek Chair in Nanotechnology, and Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. The Centre is Canada’s first nanotechnology centre. From 1984 to 1989 he was a senior scientist at 3M Corporation, working on new materials development. From 1982 to 1984 he was as an IBM postdoctoral fellow working on nanostructured thin films. From 1979 to 1982 he worked on optical and transport properties of nanostructured materials for his PhD from MIT in 1982. Professor Ruda has published over 260 publications in international refereed journals (with over 4,684 citations; h=33), has co-authored 4 books and has 14 patents. Professor Ruda’s research interests focus on studies of the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures.
He also has served on the editorial boards of: Journal of Applied Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, and the Nanotechnology Research Letters. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of Institute of Physics and Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology.
Email: harry.ruda@utoronto.ca