Gerhard Klimeck

Gerhard Klimeck serves as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, where he holds the prestigious position of Reilly Director of the Center for Predictive Materials and Devices and the Network for Computational Nanotechnology. After earning his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1994 and his German electrical engineering degree from Ruhr-University Bochum in 1990, he has established himself as a leading figure in nanoelectronic modeling and simulation. His career includes significant roles at Texas Instruments and NASA/JPL/Caltech, where he developed groundbreaking nanoelectronic modeling tools. As the creator of nanoHUB.org, which serves over 1.8 million users globally, Klimeck has revolutionized computational nanotechnology education and research. His research focuses on modeling nanoelectronic devices and bridging the gap between material science and device engineering, particularly through the development of the NEMO5 tool suite. With over 525 published scientific articles achieving an h-index of 67, his scientific impact is widely recognized. His exceptional contributions have earned him fellowships in the Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, and IEEE, while his NEMO software has been adopted by major semiconductor companies for advanced transistor designs