Dr. Yakov Roizin
Director of Emerging Technologies & Fellow
Dr. Roizin was named TowerJazz Fellow, the Company’s highest technical honor, and appointed as Director of Emerging Technologies in 2010. Currently, he is working on TowerJazz roadmap R&D projects and coordinating interaction with TowerJazz research partners in the semiconductor industry and in academia. Dr. Roizin has served with TowerJazz in various positions since 1997. Prior to his current position, he held engineering and managerial positions in TowerJazz R&D departments. During his career, he supervised the development of different types of semiconductor devices, including non-volatile memories and sensors for embedded CMOS technologies. Dr. Roizin is a full professor of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (visiting) and a full professor of Tel-Aviv University (adjunct). He is the author of about 300 publications, including 60 patents. He received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. (Hab) degrees and Professor’s title from the leading academic institutions of the former USSR.