Gerald (Bud) Magera, PhD
CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
Bud received his PhD from OGI (Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, now a division of Oregon Health and Sciences University) in Electrical Engineering in 1993 after attending Linfield College as an undergraduate. He spent the following 13 years at the FEI Company as a Research Scientist in the Beam Technology Division. Bud joined APT in 2006. Bud’s areas of expertise include electron and ion source development, charged particle optics, high voltage systems, vacuum technology, and surface physics and chemistry related to electron and ion emission. Bud has been granted five electron source patents.