Arokia Nathan is a leading pioneer in the development and application of thin film transistor technologies to flexible electronics, display and sensor systems, and mm-Wave radios on glass. Following his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada in 1988, he joined LSI Logic USA and subsequently the Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, before joining the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Canada. In 2006, he joined the London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London as the Sumitomo Chair of Nanotechnology. He moved to Cambridge University in 2011 as the Chair of Photonic Systems and Displays, and he is currently a Bye-Fellow and Tutor at Darwin College. He has over 600 publications including 6 books, and more than 150 patents and four spin-off companies. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), Royal Academy of Engineering, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Society for Information Displays, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Inventors. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron Devices Society and Sensor Council, a Chartered Engineer (UK), and winner of the 2020 IEEE EDS JJ Ebers Award. He is currently the President of the IEEE Electron Devices Society.