Speaker

Ankit Pokhrel

R&D Engineer Superconducting Digital Technology - imec

Biography

Ankit Pokhrel is currently a R&D Engineer (Superconducting Digital Technology) at imec (Leuven, Belgium) leading the fabrication efforts of imec’s NbTiN superconducting platform. She holds a B.S degree from Wesleyan College (US) and a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US). After graduation, she joined Applied Materials (Santa Clara, US) where she held several roles from leading the development of low-k dielectrics for BEOL applications to process integration. She joined imec in 2021 to continue working on integration, initially working on advanced Ru interconnects and transitioning into developing imec’s superconducting platform. 

Ankit Pokhrel | ITF USA at SEMICON West 2025