Stephen Russell

As Senior Technical Fellow for Sustainability at TechInsights, Stephen provides expert insight into carbon footprint across the entire technology life cycle, from raw materials through product manufacturing, use and end of life. Stephen also works on unique initiatives to characterize Scope 3 emissions in the use phase of consumer electronics products, with further reaching implications for data center and automotive applications.

Previously serving as TechInsights’ power semiconductor subject matter expert, Stephen has 20 years of experience in the semiconductor sector with a background in several semiconductor technologies for energy efficiency. His PhD thesis demonstrated what was at the time the highest frequency diamond transistor reported.

Stephen is internationally recognized for technical research contributions and collaborations. These include being awarded best paper 2018 for the IEEE Journal Transactions on Power Electronics paper “High Temperature Electrical and Thermal Aging Performance and Application Considerations for SiC power DMOSFETs”. He led an exploratory research project in gallium oxide for power devices, presenting findings to the Royal Institution, London. While working in industry, he led the development of a new silicon IGBT product line and instigated a research and development project to use silicon carbide JFETs in circuit protection applications.

Other projects Stephen has worked on include new power modules for future grid resilience and the use of high-power semiconductors to enable a multi-directional smart grid where renewable energy can be generated locally and fed back into the grid, reducing the burden on fossil fuels.