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Massive congratulations go to Prof. Inġ. Joseph Micallef from the University of Malta’s Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics within the Faculty of ICT, who has been elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

This is another first for Malta, as Prof. Inġ. Micallef is the first ever Maltese individual to be nominated and elected as member of EASA.

He is being recognised for his sustained academic excellence in the areas of Microelectronics and Microsystems. 

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts is a non-governmental, European association committed to promoting scientific and societal progress. It was founded in 1990 as a learned society, and elects leading scientists, artists and practitioners of governance, who are dedicated to innovative research, collaborations and the exchange and dissemination of knowledge.

Prof. Joseph Micallef received his B.Sc.Eng. (Hons) degree in electronics engineering from the University of Malta in 1972 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Surrey, U.K., in 1989 and 1993, respectively.

From 1973 to 1981, he was with General Instruments, engaged in work on high-voltage components and circuits and on IFTs. He moved to ST Microelectronics in 1981 where he was involved with packaging of MOS ICs. In 1989, he joined the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Malta. He currently occupies the post of Professor in the Department of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics in the Faculty of ICT.

His current research activities include analogue and digital integrated circuit design, optoelectronics and the development of smart microsystems for IoT applications. 

UM Rector, Prof. Alfred J. Vella said this election is “richly deserved” and augurs Prof. Micallef more successes in his research endeavours. 

Prof. Inġ. Micallef thanks the present and past Rectors for their constant support over the years as well as all his university colleagues who have participated in his research activities and publications, and thus contributed to his overall academic profile over the past 35 years.

Prof. Micallef adds, “My election to the Academy is also a recognition of the work of the Department of Micro and Nanoelectronics, and an honour for the University and for Malta”.

Past and present members of EASA have gone on to be further recognised in their respective fields, with a few even receiving the Nobel Prize. At present, EASA counts 37 Nobel Prize Laureates among its honorary members.