Dr. Csaba Szeles is a technology and business leader with more than 25 years of diverse
interdisciplinary experience including new business development, research,
technology & product development, strategic planning, intellectual property
portfolio development & management, operations, engineering,
quality, and program management — within the semiconductor device tehnology, healthcare, homeland security, and defense industries.
He previously served as Vice-President for R&D and Engineering of the Detection
and Imaging Systems division of Endicott Interconnect Technologies and as Senior
Manager and Chief Scientist for Sensor Engineering and Fab Operations for eV
PRODUCTS a division of II-VI Inc. At eV he led the materials and device fabrication
technology development for CdZnTe room temperature semiconductor detectors.
At EI DIS he led the technology and product development for various x-ray and gamma-ray detection
and imaging systems.
Csaba is a world authority in compound semiconductor crystal growth, materials
engineering and synthesis, device fabrication technology and semiconductor device design. He is the author of
80 articles in refereed scientific journals & books and the 2011 recipient of the
Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Scientist of the Year Award by the IEEE.
Csaba holds patents in doping of semi-insulating compound semiconductors, advanced semiconductor detector design and fabrication technologies and correction techniques for semiconductor detectors used in high-flux applications. Her earned a MS in Physics and a PhD in Solid State Physics from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.
Derek Bale, PhD, Scientific Advisor
Dr. Derek Bale is a science, technology and business leader with 15 years of experience in computer modeling and applied computational science, product development and engineering for healthcare and homeland security applications and information technology management.
Derek is currently a Lead Scientist at the Strategic Technology and Advanced Research Group at the Baker Hughes Houston Technology Center. He previously served as Manager of Applications Development, Detector Design and Testing for Detection and Imaging Systems a division of Endicott Interconnect Technologies and as Physicist for eV PRODUCTS a division of II-VI Inc.
Derek is a world expert in applied mathematics, advanced theoretical modeling and simulation of semiconductor material performance, advanced sensor design and the design of other semiconductor devices. At EI-DIS and eV he played a pioneering role in developing CdZnTe detector technology and read-out electronics for high-flux x-ray imaging applications. He is the author of numerous scientific papers and technical publications.
Derek holds patents for correction techniques for semiconductor detectors used in high-flux applications. He earned his BS in Engineering Physics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado and PhD in Applied Mathematics, from the University of Washington.
