Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics and Astronomy
Education
- 1983, Doctoral Degree, Physics, University of Cambridge
- 1980, Bachelor's Degree, Physics, University of Sussex
Biography
Tony Levi joined the USC faculty in mid-1993 after working for almost 10 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. He invented hot electron spectroscopy, discovered ballistic electron transport in heterostructure bipolar transistors, demonstrated room temperature operation of unipolar transistors with ballistic electron transport, created the first microdisk laser, and carried out groundbreaking work in optimal design of small electronic and photonic systems. To date he has published numerous scientific papers, several book chapters, is author of the books ‘Applied Quantum Mechanics‘ (currently in its third edition), ‘Essential Classical Mechanics for Device Physics‘, ‘Essential Semiconductor Laser Device Physics‘, ‘Essential Electron Transport for Device Physics‘, coeditor of the book ‘Optimal Device Design‘, and holds 17 U.S. patents. Tony Levi was Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Electrophysics from 2018 to 2024.
Research Summary
Dr. Levi's current research interests include device physics at the classical-quantum boundary, system engineering and integration, high-performance electronics and optimization in system design.
Tony Levi Research Summary
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