Abstract
The International Research Experience for Students (IRES) project of National Science Foundation (USA), provide a possibility for young U.S. researchers from the North Carolina State University to stay and work in the Institute of Physics in Prague, Czech Republic. The intellectual focus of the proposed project is the growth of knowledge and the development of wide bandgap GaN-based materials for energy and biosensing applications. The wide bandgap semiconductors show great promise for variety of applications, especially for devices that require a performance beyond Si capabilities. It includes areas of operating under high power, high frequency, high temperature, harsh atmosphere, biocompatible environment.