Koen Martens

dr. Koen Martens, currently a principal scientist at imec, holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium (2009). Since 2016, his research interests have centered around harnessing CMOS technology for life sciences applications, particularly in the realm of massively parallel biosensing for genomics and proteomics.  

During his FWO postdoc, he conducted exploratory nanoelectronics research on the metal-insulator transition material VO2 with imec and IBM. He also played an active role in projects involving 2D materials and the STT MRAM Program at imec and worked on the voltage control of magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) with imec and Osaka University. Furthermore, he has contributed extensively to germanium and III–V MOSFET technology at both imec and Stanford University.