Integrated Micro and Nano Systems

Dr Jonathan G. Terry is the Deputy Head of the Engineering Graduate School at the University of Edinburgh. He joined the School of Engineering in early 1999 as a Post-doctoral Research Associate and later became a Chancellor’s Fellow. He currently lectures in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Discipline teaching undergraduate students in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th year, as well as those within the MSc Electronics programme.

He is based in the Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, where his current research activities are in the production of smart sensor systems, exploiting the extensive toolset in place at the fabrication facilities of the Scottish Microelectronics Centre. These involve the development and use of novel fabrication processes and materials, and their integration with post-processed foundry CMOS circuitry. To date, his research has included the development of sensing systems for physical, biological, chemical, medical, astronomical and harsh environment applications.He is a named inventor on three patents and has authored over a hundred journal and conference publications.

Recent and current funded research projects include:

• IMPACT: Implantable Microsystems for Personalised Anti-Cancer Therapy
• New Engineering Concepts from Phase Transitions: A Leidenfrost Engine
• EMBOSS: Enhanced Multiscale Boiling Surfaces - From Fundamentals to Design

• 1993 BEng(hons) Electronic Engineering (UMIST)
• 1994 MSc Microelectronic Materials and Device Technology (UMIST)
• 1998 PhD Solid State Electronics (UMIST)

• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• Member of the Technical Committee of IEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures
• Officer of the Scottish Chapter of the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS)
• Regional Editor of the IEEE EDS Newsletter (UK, Middle East & Africa)
• Counsellor to the University of Edinburgh IEEE Student Branch

• Course Director: ELEE09021 Microelectronics 3
• Course Director: ELEE10017 Professional Issues for Engineers 4
• Course Director: PGEE11038 Microfabrication Techniques

Istvan Gyongy received the M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2003 and 2008, respectively. Following a period in industry, where he worked on processors for smartphones and a cloud-connected activity tracking system for dairy farms, he joined the University of Edinburgh. His initial research at the University was on hydrodynamic modelling relating to the development of FloWave, the combined wave and current test facility. His research is now focused on the development of single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) cameras and their application in a range of domains including LIDAR and the life sciences.

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Themis holds the Regius Chair of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh where he established the Centre for Electronics Frontiers (CEF) and is currently the Head of the Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems (IMNS) that also hosts the Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC). His work focuses on developing energy-efficient AI hardware solutions through innovating novel semiconductor technologies and neuromorphic computing architectures. He leads an interdisciplinary team comprising researchers with expertise across materials process development to electron devices and circuits and systems for applications in embedded systems and AI. 

He holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies and is an Adjunct Professor at UTS Australia and Honorary Fellow at Imperial College London. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the British Computer Society, the IET, the Institute of Physics and member of Academia Europaea. He is the Director of the UKRI APRIL AI Hub that is developing AI tools and capabilities for the electronics sector. He also served as the Director of the Lloyds Register Foundation International Consortium for Nanotechnology and Co-Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Intelligence for Nanoelectronic Devices and Systems (MINDS). 

In 2015, he established ArC Instruments Ltd that delivers high-performance testing infrastructure for automating characterisation of novel nanodevices in over 26 countries and in 2025 he founded EVA that is building new power-efficient AI hardware solutions. His contributions in memristive technologies and applications have brought this emerging technology one step closer to the electronics industry for which he was recognised as a 2021 Blavatnik Award UK Honoree in Physical Sciences and Engineering and with the Royal Academy of Engineering Princess Royal Silver Medal in 2025.

PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, “Application of Maxwell-Wagner Polarisation in Monolithic Technologies”, Imperial College London, UK.

MSc in Microelectronics and Telecommunications, University of Liverpool, UK.

BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Lincoln, UK.

Member Academia Europaea

Fellow Member (FBCS), The British Computer Society

Fellow Member (FRSC), The Royal Society of Chemistry

Fellow Member (FInstP), The Institute of Physics

Fellow Member (FIET), The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Member of the American Nano Society (ANS)

Member, Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering (IME) 

Senior Member (SMIEE), Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers

PGEE11195 - Engineering Research Methods with Grand Challenge

PGEE11038 - Microfabrication Techniques

Emerging Semiconductor Technologies for sustainable AI Hardware solutions (see Ingenia cover on his work as RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies).

AI tools/capabilities for enhancing innovations in electronics and semiconductor technologies (see work as Director of the UKRI APRIL AI Hub).

AWARDS

2026                Honorary Doctorate, Department of Physics at the University of Patras, Greece

2026                Community Award (Highly Commended), APRIL AI Hub, RAI AI & Robotics Awards

2025                Princess Royal Silver Medal, Royal Academy of Engineering

2021                Blavatnik Award for UK Young Scientists in Physical Sciences & Engineering

2020                Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Council

2019                Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technology – AI Hardware

2018                University Research Group of the Year finalist, TechWorks Awards

2018                University Research Award finalist: Memristor record, Elektra Awards

2017                Royal Society Industry Fellowship 

2017                Lloyd’s Register Foundation 100A1 ambassador

2013                EPSRC Early Career Fellowship

2010                Lindemann Trust Fellowship 

2008                Corrigan Foundation and LSI Inc. Fellowship in Nanoscale Science & Technology

2006                The A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholar

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2026 –               Head of Institute for Integrated Micro & Nano Systems, University of Edinburgh, UK

2024 –               Data Driven Innovation (DDI) Programme Strategy Board, University of Edinburgh, UK

2022 – 2026     Director of Centre for Electronics Frontiers, University of Edinburgh, UK