Dr. Siva Sivananthan

Dr. Siva is the director of the Microphysics laboratory. He is a pioneer in the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of and the characterization of HgCdTe, including the first MBE growth of HgCdTe on CdZnTe and the development of CdTe/Si composite substrate technology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Today, CdZnTe and CdTe/Si are the leading substrates for the MBE growth of HgCdTe. In 2005 he was honored by the U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate with a “Friend of the Night” award for his leadership in this field and his many contributions to infrared sensor technology.

His continuing contributions to the field of II-VI semiconductor research and development are evidenced by over 250 refereed publications, numerous invited talks and his perennial co-chairmanship of the “U.S. Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials”. Dr. Sivananthan also holds the positions of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory (MPL) at UIC.

He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Physics from UIC and a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.