Pawel E. Malinowski was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1982. He received the M.Sc.Eng. degree in electronics and telecommunications (thesis on design of radiation-tolerant integrated circuits) from the Lodz University of Technology, Poland, in 2006. In 2011, he received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium (thesis on III-nitride-based imagers for space applications).
Pawel is working at imec since 2005, and in the Large Area Electronics Department since 2011 (currently Sensor & Actuator Technologies). He is Program Manager “Pixel Innovations” and he focuses on disruptive optical sensor technologies, including new types of image sensors enabled by thin-film semiconductor integration. Pawel overlooks the innovation actions, works closely with tech teams, sets the technology roadmaps and prepares go-to-market scenarios.
Pawel has coauthored more than 40 publications and submitted 5 patent applications. He was a recipient of the International Display Workshops Best Paper Award in 2014 and the SID Display Week Distinguished Paper Award in 2018. He co-supervised the work leading to the I-Zone Best Prototype Award at SID2019. Pawel is Member of IEEE and SID, and served on the ODI Committee (Optoelectronics, Displays, and Imagers) of the 64th and 65th IEDM conference.