Visser Robert

Robert Visser is Appointed Vice President of Engineering in the Office of the CTO at Applied Materials, Inc. He is responsible for creating business opportunities in new and adjacent markets related to advanced displays, optical components for augmented reality, ‘flat optics’ (metasurface based optics) and advanced packaging solutions enabling new packaging strategies for heterogenous integration. He also advises Applied's chemistry group in India at IIT Mumbai and is looking at the role of new materials in quantum technology to explore new growth opportunities for Applied Materials in quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing.

Dr. Visser’s work in the display industry spans more than three decades. During that time, he helped develop technology that commercialized flat panel display manufacturing and uncovered breakthroughs that will lead to a new generation of flexible and bendable displays. Virtually every OLED display made today uses technology elements that he helped pioneer during his career.

In 2020 he was recognized by the Society of Information Display (SID) with the prestigious Fellows Award for his distinguished and valued “contributions to the development and commercialization of OLED technology, and specifically to thin film encapsulation solutions." He   holds a master’s degree in theoretical organic chemistry and physics, and a Ph.D. in physical and organic chemistry, both from Leiden University, Netherlands. He has numerous patents and publications to his name.