Academic Staff Profile - Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Academic Staff Profile
Full Name
Dr. Ker Pin Jern
Staff ID/No. 90020812
E-mail
pinjern@uniten.edu.my
Contact No +(60) 3 8921 2020 (ext. 6230)
Department/College Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Academic
Qualifications
Current Position
Position/s Held in
UNITEN- Year
Working
Experience
Courses Taught in
UNITEN
Professional Bodies
Research
(ongoing /
completed projects)
Consultancy
(ongoing /
completed projects)
Publications
Ph.D in Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
B. Eng. (Hons.) Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Univ. Tenaga
Nasional, Malaysia)
Senior lecturer
Research assistant, Univ. Tenaga Nasional, 2009
Researcher (PhD Student), Univ. of Sheffield, 2009-2012
Lab demonstrator, Univ. of Sheffield, 2010-2011
Part-time lecturer, Univ. Tenaga Nasional, 2013
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
Graduate Engineer, BEM, Malaysia
Journal papers
1. Ian C. Sandall, Jo Shien Ng, Shiyu Xie, Pin Jern Ker and Chee
Hing Tan, “Temperature dependence of impact ionization in
InAs,” Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 7, Apr. 2013.

2. Pin Jern Ker, John P. R. David and Chee Hing Tan, “Temperature
dependence of gain and excess noise in InAs electron avalanche
photodiodes,” Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 28, Dec. 2012.
3. Andrew Marshall, Pin Jern Ker, Andrey Krysa, John David and
Chee Hing Tan, “High speed InAs electron avalanche photodiodes
overcome the conventional gain-bandwidth product limit,” Optics
Express, vol. 19, no. 23, Nov. 2011. (Published by Laser Focus
World Magazine, vol. 47, issue 12, December 2011)
4. Rajiv B. Gomes, Chee Hing Tan, Pin Jern Ker, John P. R. David
and Jo Shien Ng, “InAs avalanche photodiodes for X-Ray
detection,” Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 6, P12005, Dec. 2011.
5. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew R. J. Marshall, Andrey B. Krysa, John P.
R. David and Chee Hing Tan, “Low noise high responsivity InAs
avalanche photodiodes for infrared sensing,” Physica Status Solidi
(c), vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 310-313, Dec. 2011.
6. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew R. J. Marshall, Andrey B. Krysa, John P.
R. David and Chee Hing Tan, “Temperature dependence of
leakage current in InAs avalanche photodiodes,” IEEE Journal of
Quantum Electronic, vol. 47, no. 8, pg. 1123-1128, Aug. 2011.
7. Andrew R. J. Marshall, Peter Vines, Pin Jern Ker, John P. R.
David and Chee Hing Tan, “Avalanche multiplication and excess
noise in InAs electron avalanche photodiodes at 77K,” IEEE
Journal of Quantum Electronic, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 858-864, June
2011.
Conferences
1. Shiyong Zhang, Pin Jern Ker, John P. R. David and Chee Hing
Tan, “Background doping reduction in MBE grown InAs for
electron avalanche photodiodes,” 17 th International conference on
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE 2012), Nara Japan, Sept. 2012.
2. Pin Jern Ker, Ian Sandall, Jo Shien Ng, John P. R. David and
Chee Hing Tan, “Low noise InAs electron avalanche photodiodes
for imaging applications,” Photon 12 conference, Durham UK,
Sept. 2012.
3. I. Sandall, P. J. Ker, J. S. Ng, J. P. R. David and C. H. Tan,
“Planar InAs photodiodes fabricated using ion implantation,”
Photon 12 conference, Durham UK, Sept. 2012.
4. S. Butera, R. Warburton, I. Sandall, P. J. Ker, C. H. Tan, G. Buller
and P. Vines, “Towards single photon avalanche diode detectors
using narrow bandgap InAs,” Photon 12 conference, Durham UK,
Sept. 2012.
5. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew Marshall, Andrey Krysa, John David and
Chee Hing Tan, “Exploiting the characteristics of InAs electron
avalanche photodiodes for unlimited gain-bandwidth product,” 39 th

International Symposium on Compound Semiconductor (ISCS
2012) Santa Barbara, CA USA, Aug. 2012.
6. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew Marshall, Andrey Krysa, John David and
Chee Hing Tan, “InAs electron avalanche photodiodes with 580
GHz gain-bandwidth product,” 17 th OptoElectronics and
Communications Conference (OECC 2012) Busan, South Korea,
July 2012. (Best Student Paper Award)
7. Pin Jern Ker, John P. R. David and Chee Hing Tan, “Temperature
dependence of gain and excess noise in InAs electron avalanche
photodiodes,” Semiconductor and Integrated Opto-Electronics
(SIOE) conference, Cardiff UK, April 2012.
8. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew Marshall, Rajiv Gomes, John Paul David,
Jo Shien Ng, and Chee Hing Tan, “InAs Electron-Avalanche
Photodiodes: From leaky diodes to extremely low noise avalanche
photodiodes,” IEEE Photonics Conference 2011, Arlington
Virginia US, Oct. 2011 (Invited talk/paper).
9. Rajiv B. Gomes, Pin Jern Ker, Chee Hing Tan, John P. R. David
and Jo Shien Ng, “InAs avalanche photodiodes for X-Ray
detection,” IEEE Nuclear Science Conference, Valencia Spain,
Oct. 2011.
10. I. C. Sandal, P. J. Ker, S. Xie, J. Xie, A. S. Idris and C. H. Tan,
“Temperature independent multiplication in AlAs 0.56 Sb 0.44 ,” UK
compound semiconductors conference, Sheffield UK, July 2011.
11. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew R. J. Marshall, Andrey B. Krysa, John P.
R. David and Chee Hing Tan, “Low noise high responsivity InAs
avalanche photodiodes for infrared sensing,” 38 th International
Symposium on Compound Semiconductor (ISCS 2011) Berlin,
Germany, May 2011.
12. S. Xie, J.Xie, X. Zhou, P. J. Ker and C. H. Tan, “AlAs 0.56 Sb 0.44
avalanche photodiodes with weak temperature dependence,”
Semiconductor and Integrated Opto-Electronics (SIOE)
conference, Cardiff UK, April 2011.
13. I. C. Sandal, P. J. Ker, S.Xie, J.Xie and C. H. Tan, “Avalanche
gain characteristics in AlAs 0.56 Sb 0.44 ,” Semiconductor and
Integrated Opto-Electronics (SIOE) conference, Cardiff UK, April
2011.
14. Pin Jern Ker, Andrew R. J. Marshall, Andrey B. Krysa, John P.
R. David and Chee Hing Tan, “Temperature dependence of
leakage current in InAs avalanche photodiodes,” UK compound
semiconductors conference, Sheffield UK, July 2010.
Awards
1. Best Student Paper Award; 2012; International level;
Optoelectronics & Communication Conference (OECC); South
Korea
2. Vice Chancellor Award 2008/2009; 2009; University level;

UNITEN; Malaysia
3. UNITEN Industrial Awards – Silterra Malaysia Award For
Academic Excellence – Best Student In Electronics Engineering
Subjects; 2009; University level; Silterra Malaysia; Malaysia
4. UNITEN Industrial Awards – MID Mechatronic Award For
Academic Excellence – Best Overall Graduate; 2009; University
level; MID Mechatronic; Malaysia
5. Final Year Project Award Competition – Most Technical Design
Award; 2009; Departmental level; Electrical Engineering
Department, UNITEN; Malaysia
6. Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) International
Undergraduate IT and Engineering Award; 2009; National level;
IET Malaysia; UK.