Mr. Wenzhan Zhou

Chief Scientist
Shanghai Haina Institute of Engineering

Wenzhan Zhou currently serves as the Chief Scientist at the Shanghai Haina Institute of Engineering. He brings over 25 years of experience in R&D and high-volume manufacturing (HVM) within the semiconductor industry, specializing in patterning processes—including photolithography, OPC, metrology, big data, and AI.

Throughout his career, he has held key technical and leadership roles at world-class foundries, including TSMC, Samsung Electronics, UMC, and GlobalFoundries. Notably, he was a key contributor to the R&D and risk production of 20nm, 16nm, 14nm, and 7nm process nodes at TSMC and Samsung.

Beyond his industrial impact, he serves as the General Chair and a member of the International Advisory Committee for IWAPS 2024. He is also an industry doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS), Zhejiang University, and East China Normal University. His academic contributions include over 25 international conference papers and more than 15 international patents.