components and systems. In this quality he has been exposed to the elaboration of the European Strategic Research Agenda and implementation policies in the Field of Nanoelectronics, in close collaboration with all leading companies in the field. Ionescu was involved in the preparation of the FP6, FP7 and H2020 Calls of the European Commission in the fields of Nanoelectronics, Micro/nanosystems and Future Emerging Technologies. He has served national government programs of Romania and Slovenia in their selection of research projects such as ICT and Smart Cities. He was appointed by the Romanian Ministry as a Member of National Council of Validations of University Titles in Romania. Ionescu has been the main coordinator of FET Flagship Pilot Guardian Angels for a Smarter Life, an advanced research program involving a Consortium of 66 partners (leading European and global industries in field of semiconductors, telecommunications, sensors, health care and automotive, research institutes and universities), selected by the European Commission as one of the four leading finalists for future emerging technologies. In 2015, he was elected as a member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SATW). In the same year he received the Outstanding Achievement Award of SATW for the successful coordination and delivery of the first national Swiss Technology Outlook, a document that summarizes the work of multi‐disciplinary team of experts and provides recommendations for Swiss policies on focused national technological priorities and investments in the digital economy era (http://www.satw.ch/outlook/SATW_Etude_TechnologyOutlook.pdf ) In 2016, he received an Advanced ERC (European Research Council) Grant for individual senior scientists in Europe to develop a 5-year research programs aiming at 100 millivolt switches and sensors for Internet-of-Things. Field of research As director of the Nanoelectronic Devices group from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Ionescu is focusing on these particular topics: Beyond CMOS technology & devices Energy efficient digital and analog computation with steep slope switches: tunnel FETs and phase change switches Ultra-low power Tunnel FETs for biosensing and gas sensing More-than-Moore devices & circuits RF MEMS & NEMS MHz to GHz SOI resonators Hybrid NEM-FET electronics Non-silicon devices & circuits CNT resonators and circuit applications CNTs for programmable interconnects Graphene reconfigurable devices and quantum capacitors Cooperation with international projects Guardian Angels for a Smarter Life Ionescu is the Director of the Guardian Angels for a smarter life FET Flagship project. The project Guardian Angels for a Smarter Life is a research platform in