Marianne Germain

Dr Marianne Germain  - General Manager BU GaN, SOITEC Belgium NV

She received in 1999 her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Liege (BE), where she conducted research in close collaboration with RWTH Aachen (D), and as invited post-doc in Purdue University (US) and Würzburg University (D). In 2001, she joined IMEC, where she became in 2004 Program Manager of the “Efficient Power/GaN” program. In May 2010, she co-founded “EpiGaN”, a spin-off located in Hasselt manufacturing GaN epiwafers for electronics applications, where she acted as CEO and member of the Board of Directors. EpiGaN nv was acquired by SOITEC in May 2019, where she is now acting as  General Manager of BU GaN and of SOITEC Belgium NV.