Karol Kalna

Professor Karol Kalna is a faculty member in the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department at Swansea University's School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. His expertise lies in semiconductor device simulation, nanoscale transistor design, and computational modeling. He pioneered the use of III-V MOSFETs in digital applications and developed advanced simulation toolboxes for quantum-corrected drift-diffusion and Monte Carlo analyses. His work focuses on sub-10 nm technology nodes, emphasizing variability in nanoscale devices and material-process interactions.

Research interests include nanowire and nanosheet FET architectures, III-V semiconductor materials, and high-performance CMOS scaling. He coordinates EU-funded projects like DUALLOGIC and leads the Nanoelectronic Devices Computational Group (NanoDeCo). Over 270 publications span top journals such as Nano Letters, IEEE Transactions, and Applied Physics Letters, with 20 invited talks at international conferences.

Key contributions include 3D finite element simulations of stacked nanosheet transistors, statistical variability analysis of FinFETs, and self-heating effects in GaN HEMTs. His work bridges computational modeling with experimental validation, addressing challenges in device scaling and reliability.