Jeff DeBord is a Senior Associate Analyst for NanoMarkets working in the areas of smart grids/greentech, solar energy and advanced materials.  He has authored over 25 papers in peer reviewed journals in the areas of organometallic synthesis, organically templated transition metal phosphates and organically templated metal oxides with novel magnetic properties.  He holds three US patents.  DeBord has over 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and has been at the leading edge of Back End of Line (BEOL) semiconductor research, development and volume manufacturing from the 0.25 um through the 65 nm technology nodes.  His educational background includes a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and postdoctoral work at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.