Steven A. Ringel

In addition to serving as the IMR’s chief executive officer, Steve is a Distinguished University Professor and the Neal Smith Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State. He is also a professor in both the Departments of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering. Steve’s research falls within the area of electronic materials and devices. His work focuses particularly on solar cells, wide bandgap semiconductors used in power and RF electronics, defect characterization methods, epitaxial growth and integration of compound semiconductors with silicon. Among his honors, Ringel is a Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of AAAS, Associate Fellow of AIAA, former NSF National Young Investigator, and with his students have received 10 best paper/presentation awards. In addition to being an Ohio State Distinguished University Professor, Ohio State’s highest faculty title, he has been honored with the Ohio State Distinguished Scholar Award - the university’s highest recognition for scholarly achievement, and the following Ohio State College of Engineering recognitions: 

• Scott Award
• Harrison Award
• 4 Lumley Research Awards
• College Faculty Mentoring Award

Ringel holds leadership and board positions at several organizations in Singapore, Ireland and India, he is a distinguished visiting professor at IIT-Bombay and has held visiting faculty positions in Spain, the UK and Singapore. Steve is deeply committed to global innovation that connects academia with industry.