ASML
Stoyan Nihtianov (M’93-SM’98) received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics from the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1980 and 1987, respectively. From 1987 till 1995 he was an Associate professor at the Technical University in Sofia, teaching and researching in the field of smart sensors and sensor systems. From 1995 until 2000 he was with the Laboratory of Electronics, University of Technology - Delft, The Netherlands, where he was a senior research fellow engaged in the research and development of methods and electronic equipment for non-destructive testing. From 2000 till 2021 he was with ASML in the Netherlands, in managing and technical positions. After his retirement in 2021 Stoyan Nihtianov continues to be associated with ASML.
From 2003 till 2024 he was a part-time professor at the Electronics Instrumentation lab of TU Delft, leading a research group working on industrial electronic instrumentation. Stoyan Nihtianov is an honorary professor of the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria.
He has authored or co-authored three books and four book chapters, more than 190 peer-reviewed journal and conference scientific papers in the field of intelligent sensors and sensor interface electronics. He holds 28 patents.
