Eric M. Vogel is currently Hightower Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, courtesy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Executive Director of the Institute for Matter and Systems at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT). Prior to joining GT in 2011, he was Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Prior to joining UTD in August of 2006, he was leader of the Semiconductor and Novel Devices Group and founded the Nanofab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in 1998 in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and his B.S. in 1994 in electrical engineering from Penn State University. His research is related to the synthesis, structure, properties and applications of a wide variety of electronic and nanoscale materials and devices (vogellab.gatech.edu). He has published over 240 journal publications and proceedings, written six book chapters, and given over 100 invited talks and tutorials.