Johny Thrept

Based in Bern, Switzerland, Johny Meier is an independent consultant specializing in advanced materials engineering for the semiconductor industry, with a focus on complex materials systems, wafer fabrication, thin-film deposition, and nanostructured materials. With over 15 years of experience in materials characterization, process integration, and failure analysis, Johny collaborates with R&D teams, startups, and global manufacturers to solve critical challenges in semiconductor device fabrication and materials innovation.

His consultancy supports projects in CMP optimization, Epitaxy, MEMS, and photonic devices, offering tailored solutions from material selection and prototyping to process validation and scalability assessments.

Johny holds a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering and has worked with leading semiconductor research institutions across Europe. His expertise extends to cleanroom operations, atomic layer deposition (ALD), plasma etching, and metrology tools including SEM, TEM, and AFM.