Tsu-Jae King Liu

Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Member, Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at Berkeley
Affiliated Faculty, Applied Science & Technology Graduate Program
Affiliated Faculty, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Graduate Group

Contact Information: 
E-mail: tking at eecs dot berkeley dot edu
Phone: (510) 642-2689

Office Hours (501 Cory Hall):
by appointment only

Mailing Address:
University of California at Berkeley
EECS Department, 253 Cory Hall #1770
Berkeley, CA 94720-1770

Executive Assistant:
April Meagher
Phone: (510) 642-5772
E-mail: aprilmeagher at berkeley dot edu

Administrative Assistant:
Charlotte Jones
Phone: (510) 664-4203
E-mail: cmjones at eecs dot berkeley dot edu

Grant Administrator:
Stephanie Bratton 
Phone: (510) 664-7800
E-mail: sbratton at berkeley dot edu

Research

Research Areas:

• Nanometer-scale semiconductor devices and technology
• Novel non-volatile memory devices and technology
• M/NEMS technology for ultra-low-power integrated circuits

Research Laboratories:

• Device Characterization Laboratory (355 Cory)
• Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory

• Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research Center

Education

• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1984)
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1986)
• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1994)

Awards and Honors

• American Institute of Mechatronic Engineers (AIME) Ross M. Tucker Electronics Materials Award, 1992
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Significant Technical Achievement Award, 2000
• Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Inventor Recognition Award, 2000, 2003, 2005
• Outstanding Teaching Award, EE Division, EECS Department, 2003
• SRC Focus Center Research Program Inventor Recognition Award, 2006, 2007
• National Academy of Engineering Lillian M. Gilbreth Lectureship, 2006
• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007
• IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, 2010
• UC Berkeley Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Award, 2010
• The Electrochemical Society Thomas D. Callinan Award, 2011
• Intel Outstanding Researcher Award in Nanotechnology, 2012
• Semiconductor Industry Association University Research Award, 2014
• SRC Aristotle Award, 2016
• CITRIS Athena Award for Academic Leadership, 2016
• International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium Aldert Van Der Ziel Award, 2016
• Elected Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 2017
• Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2018
• Member of the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame, 2019
• Asian American Distinguished Science and Technology Award, Asian American Engineer of the Year, 2019
• Chang-Lin Tien Leadership in Education Award, 2020
• Asia Game Changer West Award, 2021
• IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award, 2021

Post-Doctoral Researchers and Visiting Scholars

Graduate Students

• Tsegereda Esatu
• Dasom Lee
• Lars Tatum