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Thomas N. Jackson is the Robert E. Kirby Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University. Dr. Jackson joined the faculty in the Electrical Engineering department at Penn State University in 1992 after twelve years at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Dr. Jackson’s research focuses on exploratory electronic devices and micro-fabrication techniques. His current areas of interest include organic and molecular electronics, thin film electronics, bio-molecular motors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and display technology. Dr. Jackson’s group at Penn State demonstrated the first high mobility organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), the first OTFT with mobility and the first use of a SAM-treated dielectric to improve OTFT performance, the first OTFTs with temperature independent mobility, OTFTs with chemically modified source and drain contacts, and the first low temperature, high mobility solution processed OTFTs. Dr. Jackson’s group has also demonstrated OTFT driven LCD and OLED displays and a range of other thin film devices and circuits. Dr. Jackson has been married for 29 years, has two sons, and is active in his local church. He is the author or co-author of more than 250 publications and 25 U.S. patents. Dr. Jackson is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and a member of the American Vacuum Society, the Electrochemical Society, the Materials Society, and the Society for Information Display | 