Prof. Dr. Florin Udrea

Florin Udrea is a professor in semiconductor engineering and head of the High Voltage Microelectronics and Sensors Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He received his BSc degree from Politehnica University of Bucharest in 1991, his Master's degree in sensors from Warwick University in 1992, and his PhD degree in power devices from the University of Cambridge in 1995. He was a research fellow (JRF) with Girton College, Cambridge University, between October 1995 and September 1998. Since October 1998, Prof. Florin Udrea has been an academic with the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Between August 1998 and July 2003, he was an advanced EPSRC Research Fellow. Prof. Florin Udrea was the board director of Cambridge Enterprise between 2011 and 2019. For his ‘outstanding personal contribution to British Engineering’, he has been awarded the Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2015, Prof. Florin Udrea was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2018, Prof. Florin Udrea was awarded several major prizes, including the prestigious Mullard medal from the Royal Society. In 2021, Prof. Florin Udrea was named “the Academic Entrepreneur of the Year” by Business Weekly.