Dr. Isaac Wildeson, PhD, is senior director of epitaxy technology research and development at Lumileds, where he leads epitaxy process development, hardware development, characterization, and applications teams. Since beginning his post-graduate career at Lumileds, Wildeson has risen from senior development engineer to director in nine years. His management acumen and mentorship have driven the building of a skilled team of engineers.
Wildeson’s nomination is substantiated by the numbers, which is fitting due to his dual degrees in physics and applied mathematics. According to the submission, teams under his leadership have achieved greater than 35% relative improvement in the external quantum efficiency of high-power blue LEDs, and greater than 60% relative improvement in green LEDs.
Wildeson has served on various roundtables and as a panelist for the DOE, and has delivered invited talks as well as chaired sessions at major research conferences. He earned a master’s of science and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University as an NDSEG Fellow, and the aforementioned BS degrees from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (summa cum laude).
