Rate My Professor Stephen Forrest

In 1992, Forrest joined Princeton University as the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of the Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM) until 1997. He chaired the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1997 to 2001, leading a major strategic planning initiative. His research addressed photonic materials, devices, and systems, including group III-V semiconductor optoelectronics, photonic integrated circuits, photonic crystals, photovoltaic cells, lasers, organic light emitters, transistors, and organic thin-film growth and processing. Key advancements included organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) using electrophosphorescence for 100% electrical-to-optical energy conversion in displays and lighting, and high-efficiency organic photovoltaic cells. Forrest's contributions earned him election to the National Academy of Engineering for advances in optoelectronic devices, fiber optic detectors, and organic LEDs; IEEE and Optical Society of America Fellowships; IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award (1996-97); co-recipient of the IPO National Distinguished Inventor Award and Thomas Alva Edison Award (1998); MRS Medal; IEEE/LEOS William Streiffer Scientific Achievement Award; and the 2006 Jan Rajchman Award. Notable publications include "Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic electroluminescent devices" (1999), "The path to ubiquitous and low-cost organic electronic appliances on plastic" (2004, Nature), "Nearly 100% internal phosphorescence efficiency in an organic light-emitting device" (2001), "Ultrathin Organic Films Grown by Molecular Beam Deposition and Related Techniques" (1997), and "Management of singlet and triplet excitons for efficient white organic light-emitting devices" (2006, Nature). In 2006, he moved to the University of Michigan.