Paul S. Drzaic

Paul S. Drzaic is currently Principal at Drzaic Consulting Services, providing expert assistance to organizations in areas of flat panel display technology, nanotechnology, intellectual property assessment, and business plan development and evaluation. Previously, he has held positions as Chief Technology Officer at Unidym, Inc., Vice President for Advanced Development Programs at Alien Technology Corporation, Director of Technology at E Ink Corporation, and Principal Scientist at Raychem Corporation. He holds a PhD in chemistry from Stanford University, and a BS in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame.

Much of Drzaic's professional career has been in the development of novel display technologies. He is author of the 1995 book Liquid Crystal Dispersions, a comprehensive review of polymer dispersed liquid crystal technology, as well as 18 journal publications, 22 US patents, and over 20 articles in conference and popular publications. He is a winner of the 2002 National Team Innovation Award from the American Chemical Society, as well as an Editor's Choice award for the R&D 100 awards for 2001. He is a Fellow of the SID.

Drzaic has extensive experience within SID, as well as other professional societies. Within SID, he has served as on the SID Board of Directors since 2002, currently serving as President. He has also served as SID Symposium General Chair (2001), Program Chair (1999), Seminar Chair (1997), and Executive Secretary (1996), as well as General Chair and Program Chair for the International Display Research Conference (2003 and 2000, respectively). He was also Associate Editor of the Journal of the SID from 1993-1997. He has also organized or chaired conferences for the SPIE, Materials Research Society (MRS), and American Physical Society. He has also sat on technical advisory boards for four different university-based Materials Research Centers. He is presently a Chair of the Editorial Board for the MRS Bulletin, a monthly journal sent to over 14,000 MRS members.