Ts. Dr. Mohd Nazri Abd Rahman

Ts. Dr. Mohd Nazri bin Abd Rahman is currently a Lecturer at the Institute of Nano Optoelectronics Research and Technology (INOR), Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is a Professional Technologies (Ts.) in Material Science Technology granted by Malaysia Board of Technologies (MBOT). Prior to his role at Universiti Sains Malaysia, he served as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Photovoltaic Energy Research Lab (PERL), National Energy University (UniTEN) Malaysia, where his research focused on developing photovoltaic devices based on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) and Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) materials, including structural design, materials deposition, and device fabrication processes.
He completed his BSc (Hons) in Physics at the University of Malaya in 2012. After graduating, he worked as a Process Engineer at Top Glove SDN BHD, where he initiated and led a project to develop a Fully Automated Glove Manufacturing Production Line using a SCADA system. He then transitioned to a role as a Patent Engineer specializing in advanced technology at MIMOS Bhd.
In 2016, he earned his MSc in Physics from the University of Malaya, focusing on the epitaxial growth of gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon substrates via Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) for High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) applications. He subsequently worked as a consultant for Gallia Semiconductor SDN BHD, specializing in GaN on silicon epitaxial growth via MOCVD.
He then completed his PhD at the University of Malaya in 2021, developing high quality aluminum nitride (AlN) epilayers at relatively low growth temperature using pulsed atomic layer epitaxy (PALE) techniques for ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs), with full sponsorship from OSRAM Opto-Semiconductors SDN BHD. As for the record, he has been selected as a visiting researcher for 7 months at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 2019 under CREST-UCSB Technological Transfer Training Program to further training on the epitaxy and fabrication process of blue LEDs on pattern sapphire substrates under the supervision of 2013 Physics Noble Laureate, Professor Shouji Nakamura. Following his graduation, he worked at OSRAM Opto-Semiconductors SDN BHD for two years, advancing to the position of Staff Epitaxial Process Engineer. His notable contributions to the epitaxial process team earned him the OSRAM Best Employee of the Month award, two OSRAM STAR Rewards, and a spot in the Top 10 of the 2022 OSRAM Business Improvement Competition (BIC) awards.