Dr. Rami Khazaka is Principal Technologist leading the Research and Development (R&D) epitaxy team at ASM Belgium. Dr. Khazaka joined ASM in 2018 as Senior Process Engineer to develop Group IV epitaxy processes. Before joining ASM, he was a postdoctoral researcher at CEA-LETI where he developed material for both CMOS and optoelectronic applications. Dr. Khazaka has more than 15 filed US patents and co-authored more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He holds a Master degree in renewable energies science and technology from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France and Ph.D. in Electronics from the François Rabelais University, Tours, France.