Gael F. Close (M’03-SM’18) received the B.Sc. (Eng.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, in 2003 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, California, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. From 2008 to 2011, he was with IBM Research—Zurich, Switzerland, developing phase-change memory chips. Since 2011, he has been with Melexis, Bevaix, Switzerland. For 8 years, he was in charge of the architectural definition of automotive magnetic sensors. These sensors are now deployed in high-volume applications.
Since 2021, he has been the Global Innovation Manager. He leads the development of novel sensors for emerging applications (robotics, wearable devices). In addition to hands-on product design, he has a keen interest in constantly expanding his toolbox of engineering and management methods—in particular system modeling, prototyping and lean product development.
He has published about 30 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, covering nano-electronic devices, circuit/system design, and sensor product development. He holds 4 patent, and is a IASCC Six Sigma Black Belt (2017).
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