Stephen J. Fonash

Dr. Stephen J. Fonash

Bayard D. Kunkle Chair in Engineering Sciences

Director, Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education & Utilization

Director, NSF National Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Center

Dr. Stephen Fonash holds the Bayard D. Kunkle Chair in Engineering Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. His activities at Penn State include serving as the director of the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization and as the director of the NSF National Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center.

Prof. Fonash’s education contributions focus on nanotechnology education and workforce development. His research activities encompass the micro-and nano-scale processing and device physics of solar cells and transistors. He has published over 300 refereed papers in these areas. His book “Solar Cell Device Physics” appeared in April, 2010, in its second addition, and his solar cell computer modeling code AMPS is used by over 2000 researchers around the world. Dr. Fonash holds 29 patents in his research areas, many of which are licensed to industry, and has co-founded two companies. Prof. Fonash received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and of the Electrochemical Society.