Christian Enz

Christian Enz is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he serves as Director of the Institute of Microengineering and Head of the Integrated Circuits Laboratory. With M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from EPFL (1984 and 1989), he has established himself as a leading researcher in low-power analog circuit design and semiconductor device modeling.

His research interests focus on very low-power analog and RF IC design, semiconductor device modeling, and increasingly on cryogenic electronics for quantum computing applications. Professor Enz is particularly known for his work on FDSOI MOSFET behavior at cryogenic temperatures, developing comprehensive models that address challenges in subthreshold swing saturation, threshold voltage shifts, and self-heating effects.

As a Life Fellow of IEEE with 282 publications and over 7,400 citations, Professor Enz has made significant contributions to the field. His recent work demonstrates how the $G_{m}/I_{D}$ design methodology remains effective in advanced technology nodes and can be extended to cryogenic temperature operation. His research bridges fundamental semiconductor physics with practical circuit design considerations for quantum computing interfaces.

• Life Fellow, IEEE
• Director of the Institute of Microengineering, EPFL
• Head of the Integrated Circuits Laboratory
• 282 publications with 7,400+ citations
• Specialist in cryogenic CMOS for quantum computing

Professor Enz's work on cryogenic electronics addresses critical challenges for quantum computing scalability. By developing accurate models for transistor behavior at temperatures as low as 3.3K, his research enables the design of specialized control electronics that can operate inside dilution refrigerators, potentially solving major wiring constraints that currently limit quantum computer scaling. His laboratory continues to advance the understanding of semiconductor device physics at cryogenic temperatures while developing practical circuit design methodologies for this emerging application domain.