Piet Bergveld

Piet Bergveld (; born 26 January 1940) is a Dutch electrical engineer. He was a professor of biosensors at the University of Twente from 1983 and 2003. He is the inventor of the ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) sensor. Bergveld's work has focused on electrical engineering and biomedical technology.

Career Bergveld was born in Oosterwolde, Friesland on 26 January 1940. It was based on his earlier research on the MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), which he realized could be adapted into a biosensor for electrochemical and biological applications. In 1973, he earned his PhD at Twente, with a dissertation that explored the possibilities of ISFET sensors.

Bergveld worked at the University of Twente from 1965 until he became emeritus status in February 2003. He had been a full professor since 1983.

In 1995 Bergveld was awarded the prize by minister Hans Wijers. In April 2003 Bergveld was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

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