Jean Charles Ribierre
- Asso. Professor
- University of St Andrews, UK
Dr Jean Charles Ribierre (JCR) obtained his PhD in physics in 2002 from the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS), University of Strasbourg. After undertaking postdoctoral works at RIKEN (Japan) and the University of St Andrews (UK), he was appointed as assistant professor at Ewha Womans University in South Korea (2010-2013), associate professor at Kyushu University in Japan (2013-2017) and professor at Zhejiang University in China (2017-2018). Following his pioneering work on organic semiconductor laser diodes at Kyushu University, he co-founded with Prof Adachi a startup company, KOALA Tech, of which he was the CEO between 2019 and 2022. JCR has been appointed as Reader at the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of St Andrews and moved to the UK in January 2023. His current research is focused upon the physics and the development of novel organic optoelectronic technologies for energy and sustainability.
Research impacts
Dr Jean Charles Ribierre is a physicist with leading expertise in photophysics of organic semiconducting materials, organic field-effect transistors, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic semiconductor lasers. He has made significant contributions to the field of organic optoelectronics by demonstrating (i) non-volatile foldable organic memories with sub-millimetre bending radius, (ii) near infrared thermally-activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) OLEDs with world-beating efficiency, and (iii) the first current injection organic laser diode. His most significant achievements also include the first reports showing the effects of hyperbolic metamaterials on the charge transfer processes in organic materials, as well as the realization of organic semiconductor lasers operating under long-pulse photoexcitation. JCR has published > 100 papers in refereed scientific journals and is co-inventor of 10 patents. His current h-index is 32 with i-10 index of 73 and total citations of >3,300. In 2022, JCR was awarded with a Jean D’Alembert fellowship from the University Paris-Saclay (France).
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