Alberto Modelli received the doctorate degree (1978) in physics from the University of Milan, Italy. In 1978, he joined the Device Physics Lab, Research and Development Dept, STMicroelectronics, Milan, where he initially worked on the development of silicon solar cells and later on the physics and electrical characterization of the Si/Si02 system. In 1994, he joined the Non-Volatile Memory Process Development group, where he has been working on the reliability of flash memories. Since 1996 he has been in charge of multilevel flash development. He is author or coauthor of over 40 publications, one book, and five patents on the abovementioned topics.