Aloysius F. Hepp

The series editor is Aloysius F. Hepp, Chief Technologist at Nanotech Innovations and an independent consultant based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He earned a PhD in Inorganic Photochemistry in 1983 from MIT and retired in December 2016 from the Photovoltaic & Electrochemical Systems Branch of the NASA Glenn Research Center (Cleveland). He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University in 1992–3. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement medal in 1997. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Albany and Cleveland State University. Dr. Hepp has co-authored nearly 200 publications (including six patents) focused on processing of thin film and nanomaterials for I–III–VI solar cells, Li-ion batteries, integrated power devices and flight experiments, and precursors and spray pyrolysis deposition of sulfides and carbon nanotubes. He has co-edited twelve books on advanced materials processing, energy conversion and electronics, biomimicry, and aerospace technologies.

He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing opens in new tab/window (MSSP) and is currently the chair of the International Advisory Board of MSSP. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Mater. Sci. and Engin. B opens in new tab/window and Heliyon opens in new tab/window. He has also been appointed as Series Editor for the Vacuum and Thin-Film Deposition Technologies series.

To discuss a potential contribution to the series, or to submit a proposal, please contact Dr Hepp [email protected] opens in new tab/window or Acquisitions Editor Chiara Giglio [email protected] opens in new tab/window.