Dr. James H. Edgar is a University Distinguished Professor in the Tim Taylor Department of Chemical at Kansas State University. The focus of his research is on the application of chemical engineering principles to improve the synthesis and processing of novel semiconductors. This has included the crystal growth and epitaxy of the wide band gap semiconductors gallium and aluminum nitride, silicon carbide, icosahedral boron compounds (B12P2 and B12As2), and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN).