Sadik Dost (Mech. Eng.)
Professor

Crystal Growth Laboratory

Graduate students

• Single crystal growth of semiconductors
• Liquid phase diffusion
• Crystal growth and diffusion in microgravity under magnetic fields
• Material purification

Natia Frank (Chemistry)
Assistant Professor

Multifunctional Magnetic Materials Lab

• Organic magnetoelectronics
• Inorganic-Organic photomagnets

Reuven Gordon (Elec. & Comp. Eng.)
Associate Professor

Nanoplasmonics and Nanophotonics Lab

• Plasmonic properties of nanostructured metals
• Applications of plasmonics to biosensors, Raman scattering, nonlinear optics, enhanced optical interaction with materials, optical trapping

Rishi Gupta (Mechanical Engineering)
Assistant Professor

• Advanced materials for structures
• Structural health monitoring of infrastructure
• Durability and corrosion studies of reinforced concrete
• Sustainable construction technologies: Rammed earth, pervious concrete, insulated wall systems

Robin Hicks (Chemistry)
Professor

Synthetic and Materials Inorganic Chemistry Lab

• Molecule-based magnetic materials
• Conducting polymers and oligomers

Dennis Hore (Chemistry)
Assistant Professor

Biophysical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Group

Graduate studentsUndergraduate students

• Adsorbate structure at solid-liquid surfaces
• Solvent structure at solid-liquid interfaces
• Visible-infrared 3-wave mixing spectroscopy
• Ellipsometry
• Iinterfacial molecular dynamics simulation

Andrew Jirasek (Physics & Astronomy / BC Cancer)
Assistant Professor

Med Phys

• Raman and surface enhanced Raman microscopy of biological materials
• Radiation therapy of cancer
• Nanoparticle-based surface enhanced Raman imaging

Martin Jun (Mech. Engineering)
Assistant Professor

Laboratory for Advanced Multiscale Manufacturing

• Spray coating of nanoparticles
• Nanostructure and pattern generation using femtosecond laser machining
• CNC micro-milling
• Micro- and nano-scale metrology

Robert H. Lipson (Dean of Science)
Professor

Spectroscopy Group

• Laser spectroscopy and analytical chemistry

Tao Lu (Elec. Engineering)

Bio & Nanophotonics Research Lab

• Biophotonics
• Nanophotonics
• Narrow linewidth laser

Ben Nadler (Mech. Eng)
Assistant Professor

• Theoretical and computational mechanics
• Soft materials and structures, thin films, and the theory of evolving material with applications in biomechanics and impact mechanics

Dave Sinton (Mech. Eng.)
Associate Professor

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Lab

• Biomedical Diagnostics
• Energy Conversion

Thomas Tiedje (Dean of Engineering)
Professor

MBE Lab

• Growth and properties of the dilute bismide semiconductor
• Atomic basis for continuum growth equation in GaAs molecular beam epitaxy

Frank van Veggel (Chemistry)
Professor

Nanoparticle and Quantum Dot Lab

• Lanthanide based nanoparticles
• Near-infrared quantum dots
• Gallium nitride nanopartiles

Stephanie Willerth (Mech. Eng.)
Assistant Professor

Biomedical Engineering Lab

• Tissue engineering
• Regenerative medicine
• Biomaterials scaffolds for controlling stem cell differentiation

David Harrington (Chemistry)
Professor

Rodney Herring (Mech. Eng.)
Associate Professor

Harry L. Kwok (Elec. & Comp. Eng.)
Professor

Graduate students

M. Moffitt (Chemistry)
Associate Professor

Irina Paci (Chemistry)
Assistant Professor

Chris Papadopoulos (Elec. & Comp. Eng.)
Assistant Professor

Lisa Rosenberg (Chemistry)
Associate Professor

Graduate students

Geoff Steeves (Physics & Astronomy)
Assistant Professor

Afzal Suleman (Mech. Eng.)
Professor

Administrative Assistant

Wayne Beckham (Physics & Astronomy / BC Cancer)
Adjunct Professor

BCCA, Vancouver Island Centre

• Radiation therapy
• Radiation dose modelling using Monte Carlo methods

Colin Bradley (Mech. Eng.)
Professor

Adaptive Optics Lab

• Ocean Technology
• Astrophysical Instrumentation
• Adaptive Optics
• Manufacturing Automation

Robert Burke (Biology)
Professor

• Cellular signaling in early embryonic development