Annika joined Lam Research in 2017 and is currently Senior Technology Manager responsible for the Specialty Technologies application space. She previously held positions in engineering and program management, where she was partnering with our customers to enable future device generations. Holding her first fully processed device wafer in 2007, Annika received a B.Eng. in Mechatronics and Microsystems in 2008 and an M.Sc. in Applied Physics in 2011. During her engineering thesis at Siemens AG, she worked on a high-speed laser scanning microscope for waver and bump inspection. In 2009 Annika joined a research group at the Institute of Micro Technologies, developing waveguides with integrated optics for bio-sensing, including hardware and process development for RF-sputtering, holographic lithography, and reactive ion etching. Prior to joining Lam Research Annika was part of the Technology Group at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, where she led multiple equipment and process developments in the field of atomic scale processing.