Jean Yang Scharlotta

Jean Y. Yang-Scharlotta (M'07) received her B.S. in chemical engineering from The University of Texas in Austin, in 1990 followed by M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Stanford University in 1996. She conducted research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1987–1991 in radioisotope chemistry prior to graduate studies focusing on self-assembled monolayers at Stanford University. Her interest in physical properties at interfaces drew her to the semiconductor industry. From 1996 to 2008, she was a device technology engineer then department manager at Advanced Micro Devices introducing and scaling new flash memory device technologies‐‐ushering in the first three generations of the MirrorBit™ devices and technologies. Following a stint in resistive memory development, she has been a senior microelectronics specialist in the Components Assurance Office of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. Dr. Yang-Scharlotta holds more than 70 U. S. patents and authored many publications on memory devices and technologies. Her research interests include memory technologies, electronics, and materials in radiation and extreme environments.