Dr. Stephen R. Forrest

Principal Research Scientist
The University of Michigan

Professor Stephen R. Forrest has been working with Global Photonic Energy Corporation since 1998 under the Company's Research Program with Princeton University, The University of Southern California and the University of Michigan. Professor Forrest is one of the Company's Principal Research Scientists; his focus is on Organic Photovoltaics. Professor Forrest, in conjunction with Professor Mark E. Thompson, was instrumental in the discovery of phosphorescent materials central to the highly efficient OLED technology marketed by Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL). In 2006, he rejoined Michigan as Vice President for Research and as the William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. Also in 2006, Professors Forrest and Thompson were the co-recipients of the Jan Rajchman Prize from the Society for Information Display for invention of phosphorescent organic light-emitting displays ("OLEDs"). In 2001, he was awarded the IEEE/LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award for advances made on photodetectors for optical communications systems. From 1997-2001, Professor Forrest served as the Chair of Princeton's Electrical Engineering Department. Professor Forrest has served as director of the National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology and as Director of Princeton's Center for Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM). In 1999, Professor Forrest received the Materials Research Society Medal for work on organic thin films. In 1998, Professor Forrest was co-recipient of the IPO National Distinguished Inventor Award as well as the Thomas Alva Edison Award for innovations in organic LEDs. Professor Forrest, in conjunction with Professor Thompson, was instrumental in the discovery of phosphorescent materials central to the highly efficient OLED technology marketed by Universal Display Corporation. A Fellow of the IEEE and Optical Society of America and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, he received the IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award in 1996-97. Professor Forrest began his career at Princeton in 1992 as the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering. From 1985 to 1992, Professor Forrest worked at USC in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science on optoelectronic integrated circuits and organic semiconductors. From 1979 to 1985, Professor Forrest worked at Bell Labs investigating photodetectors for optical communications. Professor Forrest has authored approximately 340 papers in refereed journals and holds 110 patents. Professor Forrest is a graduate of the University of Michigan (MSc Physics, 1974 and PhD Physics, 1979) and the University of California Berkley (B. A. Physics, 1972). He also has multiple patent applications pending.