Biography

André Van Calster graduated in electronics engineering at Ghent University in 1970. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1974 from the same university. He joined the department of electronics and information systems ( ELIS), where he is now a professor involved in research on semiconductor devices, active-matrix addressing of liquid crystal displays, and MCM and interconnection technologies. Currently, he is in charge of the TFCG microsystems group, which is affiliated with IMEC.

André Van Calster is a member of IMAPS and Netpack He is the vice-president of PIDEA (a European Eureka initiative on interconnection technology)

Prof. Van Calster was the promotor of several PhD's and is the author of 150 papers.