Herb Goronkin

Who is Herb Goronkin?

Dr. Goronkin served as Vice President and Director

of the Physical Research Laboratories within Motorola Labs prior to his

retirement in 2003. He received a BA, an MA and a PhD in physics from

Temple University. Following research assignments in the areas of

compound semiconductors, silicon ICs, optical sensors and microwave

semiconductor devices, he joined Motorola in 1977 to develop GaAs and

subsequently established and led other electronics and biotechnology

programs. In addition Herb started Motorola's world leadership in

tunnel junction MRAM technology.

Herb is a

Fellow of the IEEE and member of the American Physical Society and

Sigma Xi. He has served on numerous conference committees and

professional organizations. He has over 65 patents and numerous

publications. He received Motorola's Distinguished Innovator Award in

1992 and the Master Innovator Award in 1995. He was a member of

Motorola's Science Advisory Board Associates and was selected as Senior

Engineer of the Year in 1993 by the Phoenix Section of the IEEE. Herb

is a Motorola Dan Noble Fellow.