Dr. Lukas W. Snyman, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Mining Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Lukas W. Snyman received the B.Sc., B.Sc Hons., M.Sc. and PhD degrees, all in semiconductor physics, from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1974, 1975, 1978, and 1987 respectively. During the period 1988 to 1999, he was with Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for microelectronics, University of Pretoria. South Africa, as an Associate Professor. Since October of 2000, he has been a Professor at Tshwane (Technical) University of Technology (TUT). His current research interest includes optoelectronic devices, CMOS IC design, and micro-wave and high-frequency electronics. He has to date published about 70 scientific articles, mostly in international conference proceedings and scientific journals. He has given several guest lecturer on CMOS light emitting device design in the United States, Switzerland, Japan and Finland. He is the main author of four U.S. patents, two European Patents, two Korean Patents, one Chinese patent and co-author of about ten South Africa patents on the topic of CMOS light emitting devices and associated innovative products. Prof. Snyman won the WIRSAM scientific awards in South Africa for the lectures at scientific conference in 1983 and 1985. In 1987, he received the South African microelectronics Industries (SAMES) award for best contribution in semiconductor physics and microelectronics in South Africa. In 2004, and 2008 respectively, Professor Snyman received an Academic Excellence Awards for Researcher of the year (runner up) in 2004 and also Innovator of the Year in 2010, at the Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa. Most recently, he was awarded an IEEE Photonics Society International Year of Light (IYL 2015) Grant.