Prof. PHILIPPE GODIGNON Birth date: 13/11/1963 in Lyon (France) Physics and Electronics Engineer (ICPI Lyon 1987) Doctor in Electronics Engineering from INSA Lyon (France) and Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) • 128 Papers in International Journals • 114 papers and presentation in conferences and workshops • 13 Invited papers in International Conferences • 4 best papers awards in International Conferences • 7 Patents (4 World-wide, 3 Spanish) • Director of 11 PhD thesis • Associate Professor of Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) from 1992 to 1993 • Participation and leadership in numerous (> 41) National, European and Industry projects/contracts • General chairperson of European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials ECSCRM2008 and Workshop on Advanced Semiconductor Materials for Power Electronics WASMPE 2005 • Member of Steering Committee of ECSCRM, WASMPE, HETEROSIC, IAP1 international conferences • Referee of numerous international journals and project reviewer in Spain and Europe