# Ioannis Kymissis

> Ioannis (John) Kymissis is the Kenneth Brayer Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, where he directs the Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics (CLUE) and works on thin-film materials for displays and sensors. He is co-founder and acting CEO of Lumiode, a New York startup building high-brightness micro-LED microdisplays for augmented reality and wearables. A serial entrepreneur who has spun four companies out of his lab, he is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE, Optica, and the Society for Information Display, and helped launch the Makerspace @ Columbia.

- **Role:** Kenneth Brayer Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University; Co-founder and Acting CEO at Lumiode
- **Organizations:** Columbia University, Lumiode, Inc., Columbia Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics (CLUE), Chromation, Radiator Labs, Society for Information Display
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** S.B., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), M.Eng. (thesis completed at IBM Research via cooperative program), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 Class of Fellows, Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of Optica (2023)

## Career timeline

- **pre-2006** — Postdoctoral appointment at MIT and consulting engineer at QD Vision (quantum-dot display startup)
- **2006** — Joined the Electrical Engineering faculty at Columbia University
- **2010s** — Founded and directs the Columbia Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics (CLUE); spun out startups including Chromation, Radiator Labs, and Lumiode
- **2018** — Lumiode raised a Series A round (part of ~$16.3M total funding raised)
- **2023** — Elected Fellow of Optica
- **2024** — Elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 Class of Fellows for contributions to thin-film electronics for displays and sensors
- **2025** — Inducted as an NAI Fellow at the academy's 14th Annual Meeting in Atlanta (June 26, 2025)

## Achievements

- Elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 Class of Fellows
- Fellow of the IEEE
- Fellow of Optica (2023)
- Fellow of the Society for Information Display
- Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University
- Chair of Columbia's Department of Electrical Engineering and vice dean of Infrastructure and Innovation
- Co-founder and acting CEO of Lumiode; serial entrepreneur who spun four startups out of his lab
- Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Award
- MIT Clean Energy Prize
- Best Paper Award at IDW '21 with his team
- Helped launch the Makerspace @ Columbia

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors at the NAI 14th Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
- **2025-04** — Featured in a public talk/interview on how thin-film electronics power flexible and transparent devices.
- **2024-12** — Announced as part of the National Academy of Inventors 2024 Class of Fellows.

## Links

- Website: https://lumiode.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioannis-john-kymissis-a283192/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lumiode
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdWYHrzDEgE
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Lumiode/

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