Scientist will lead planning and development in emerging industries at DK Electronic Materials, focusing on the semiconductor memory business
2-MIN READ2-MIN2 ListenShi HuangPublished: 6:00pm, 11 Mar 2026An expert on semiconductor packaging and memory chips has left the University of California, Irvine after more than two decades to join a leading conductive materials company in eastern China.Shi Guojun has taken on the role of chief strategic scientist and director of the Future Industry Research Institute at DK Electronic Materials, the company said in a statement posted online on March 6.
According to DKEM, Shi will lead the company’s strategic planning and development in emerging industries, with a focus on advancing its semiconductor memory business.
Based in Yixing, Wuxi, DKEM has become one of the world’s leading suppliers of photovoltaic metallisation paste – an advanced solar cell material – with a global market share of around 25 per cent last year.
The company listed on Shenzhen’s ChiNext start-up board in 2020.
DKEM’s latest appointment underscores a strategic expansion into the semiconductor memory sector after several company acquisitions in the area.
