Vladimir Bulović
Director, MIT.nano,
Professor of Emerging
Technology
Research
We study the physical and chemical properties of nanostructured thin films and devices. Based on our fundamental findings, we develop the next generation of high-performance optoelectronic and photonic devices, including solar cells, LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, transistors, and chemical sensors. We work with a wide variety of nanomaterials, from colloidal quantum dots to molecular organics to hybrid organic-inorganic materials. With our lab's expertise in thin-film deposition and unique vacuum transfer system, we design and prototype new thin-film structures, devices, and systems.
Biography
Vladimir Bulović is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holding the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology. He directs the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics Laboratory, co-leads the MIT-Eni Solar Frontiers Center, leads the Tata GridEdge program, and is the Founding Director of MIT.nano, MIT's new 200,000 sqft nano-fabrication, nano-characterization, and prototyping facility that opened in the summer of 2018. He is an author of over 250 research articles (cited over 45,000 times) and an inventor of over 100 U.S. patents in areas of light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, photodetectors, chemical sensors, programmable memories, and micro-electro machines, majority of which have been licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies. The three start-up companies Bulović co-founded jointly employ over 400 people, and include Ubiquitous Energy, Inc., developing nanostructured solar technologies, Kateeva, Inc., focused on development of printed electronics, and QD Vision, Inc. (acquired in 2016) that produced quantum dot optoelectronic components. Products of these companies have been used by millions. Bulović was the first Associate Dean for Innovation of the School of Engineering and the Inaugural co-Director of MIT’s Innovation Initiative, which he co-led from 2013 to 2018. For his passion for teaching Bulović has been recognized with the MacVicar Fellowship, MIT’s highest teaching honor. He completed his Electrical Engineering B.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees at Princeton University.
Contact
Email: bulovic@mit.edu
Phone: 617-253-7012
Website: One Lab
Office: 13-3138
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-jaramillo-241b0198/
Administrative Assistant:
Samantha Farrell
Email: stf@mit.edu
Phone: 617-253-3282
Office: 13-3146
