Bio: Jean-Pierre Leburton earned his “License” (B.S) and “Doctorat” (Ph.D) in physics with the highest honors from the University of Liege, Belgium, in 1971 and 1978, respectively. Dr. Leburton joined the University of Illinois in 1981 from Germany where he worked as a research scientist with the Siemens A.G. Research Laboratory in Munich. He is currently involved with research in semiconductor nanostructures and quantum device simulation. At the frontiers of solid-state electronics, his present research focuses on quantum wires and quantum dots for which he predicted and interpreted a wide range of physical phenomena. Recently, he was involved in the theoretical investigation of singleelectron charging effects and spintronics in GaAs quantum dots and in silicon devices for quantum information processing. His present research interest also encompasses molecular and ionic transport through semiconductor nanopores for applications in DNA sensing and sequencing. Professor Leburton is author and co-author of about 300 technical papers in international journals and books. He has an extended list of invitations to international conferences and research institutions, and served in numerous conference committees. In 1993 he was awarded the title of “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques “ by the French Government. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Physical Society (APS), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the Electrochemical Society (ECS). He is also a member of the New York Academy of Science. He is the ISCS-2004 recipient of the Quantum Device Award, and of the Gold medal for scientific achievement awarded for the 75th anniversary of the Alumnus association of his Alma mater, the University of Liege, Belgium in 2004