Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section "Semiconductor Devices" in Electronics

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the "Semiconductor Devices" Section in Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292).

Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng is a full professor at the Institute of Electronics at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. She received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, in 1987, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1993. She is an active scientist in the field of green photonics devices. She has introduced outstanding innovations to the process of fabrication of high-performance LEDs and solar cells based on III–V quaternary semiconductors materials, III–V nitrides, and wide-bandgap oxide materials covering all aspects of development, from material growth and characterization and device design and fabrication to the stage of patent coverage and technology transfer.

She has a very strong relationship with the industry and extensive experience in technology transfer. She has a remarkable record of publications: over 500 articles in SCI journals and 500 papers in conference proceedings, with an H-index of 47, a total of 7910 citations of her published articles, and a rich portfolio of over 150 patents.

Her research activities have focused on material growth of III–V quaternary semiconductors via MOCVD, III–V nitride compounds, wide-bandgap oxide materials, and device fabrication of LEDs and semiconductor devices (containing HEMTs, deep-UV photodiodes, deep-UV phototransistor, and gas sensors), and nanotechnology fabrication processes for LEDs and high-efficiency solar cells.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng, who shared her vision for the journal with us as well as her views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you interested in the role of Section Editor-in-Chief?

Nowadays, electronics play a very important role in developing science and technology. This subject covers advanced materials, devices, processing, systems, etc. Because it is so comprehensive, the "Semiconductor Devices" Section in Electronics offers a platform for authors to share new research results. Because semiconductor devices are currently a trending subject, I am very glad to take the role of Section Editor-in-Chief of this Section.

2. What is your vision for the journal?

Advanced semiconductor devices lead to breakthroughs in science and technology. Therefore, I hope the "Semiconductor Devices" Section can become an important platform for publishing papers about advancing semiconductor material, device, and circuit design and processing.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?

The future of semiconductor devices could be developed to further reduce the size of semiconductor devices to overcome Moor’s law for Si-based devices using a 3D package, new 2D material and related devices, wide-bandgap material for power devices, and 5G applications and quantum devices.

4. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?

Open access means that researchers can easily access new research. This leads to new technology being announced more quickly, which contributes to improving the abovementioned Section.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Ray-Hua Horng in her new role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to her guidance in helping the “Semiconductor Devices” Section of Electronics reach many more milestones.