Research Areas

Bio Devices and Biomedical Engineering
Annelise E. Barron Associate Professor, Bioengineering	Molecular bioengineering for medicine and biotechnology
Steven G. Boxer Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry	Structure and function of biological systems
Kim Butts Pauly Professor of Radiology	Magnetic resonance imaging technologies and applications
Ronald Davis Professor of Biochemistry, Professor of Genetics Director, Stanford Genomic Technology Center	Whole genome analysis technology
Nanoelectronic Devices
James S. Harris James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor of Electrical Engineering	Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) and nanolithography for unique compound semiconductor devices
Paul C. Mcintyre Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Nanostructured inorganic materials for electronics, energy and sensors: metal oxide/semiconductor interfaces, ultrathin high-k dielectrics, defects in complex metal oxide thin films, nanostructured Si-Ge single crystals
Subhasish Mitra Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Robust system design, VLSI design, CAD, validation and test, computer architecture and design for emerging nanotechnologies
Yoshio Nishi Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford Director National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Research Director Center for Integrated Systems	Metal gate work function science and engineering, high mobility channel and transport, nanowire based memory, resistance change memory, vertical MOS devices, bio FETs, solar cells and dye sensitization
R. Fabian W. Pease William Ayer Professor of Electrical Engineering	Multi-axis electron beam lithography, surface characterization of negative electron affinity photocathodes, photonic a/d converters, lamellar crystallization of silicon for 3d ICs, shot noise in electron/ion beam lithography
James D. Plummer Frederick Emmons Terman Professor of Engineering, Dean of the School of Engineering	Vertical transistor development, silicon/germanium device development, semiconductor device process modeling
Krishna Saraswat Rickey/Nielsen Professor of Electrical Engineering	Scaling MOS transistors, 3-D ICs with multiple layers of heterogeneous devices, metal and optical interconnections, ultrathin MOS gate dielectrics, tools and methodology for simulation of etching, environmentally benign semiconductor manufacturing
H.-S. Philip Wong Professor of Electrical Engineering	Nanoscale science and technology, semiconductor technology, solid state devices, and electronic imaging by exploring new materials, novel fabrication techniques, and novel device concepts for future nanoelectronic systems
Energy
Kenneth E. Goodson Professor and Vice-Chairman of Mechanical Engineering	Heat transfer and energy conversion in nanoscale semiconductor devices, phase change memory, microfluidic heat sinks, and renewable-energy related technologies
Thomas F. Jaramillo Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	Electrocatalysis for energy production, photoelectrochemical energy conversion
Michael D. McGehee Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics	Organic electronics, patterning materials at the nanometer length scale and developing materials for renewable energy and sustainability applications
Peter Peumans Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering	Organic solar cells, solar textile, photonic media for thermophotovoltaic and solar thermal systems, photon transport engineering, transparent conductors, expandable silicon, curved photovoltaic silicon retinal implants
Xiaolin Zheng Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Interfacing nano-scale science and technology, biology and energy conversion: synthesis and assembly of functional nanomaterials, elucidation of their fundamental properties
Fundamental Physics
Blas Cabrera Professor of Physics	Cryogenic dark matter search
Kathryn Ann Moler Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, Faculty Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology	Magnetic nanoprobes for fundamental experiments in condensed matter physics
Materials
Zhenan Bao Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering	Polymer and organic electronics and photonics
Fu-Kuo Chang Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics	Structural health monitoring, design of integrated structures, smart structures, design and damage tolerance of composites structures, multi-functional materials
Yi Cui Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Nanomaterials science and engineering: nanowire synthesis, nanostructure transistors, memory devices, energy conversion, electrochemical probe microscopy
Friedrich B. Prinz Rodney H. Adams Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering	Mass transport phenomena across thin membranes such as oxide films and lipid bi-layers
Shan X. Wang Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Magnetic nanotechnology, biosensors, spintronics, integrated inductors and information storage
Richard N. Zare Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Chemistry	Reaction dynamics, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, microfluidics, absorption spectroscopy and supercritical fluidics
Micro- and Nano- ElectroMechanical Systems
Roger T. Howe William E. Ayer Professor of Electrical Engineering, Faculty Director of SNF	Surface-science and engineering of microstructural materials, coatings, and processes to enhance the capabilities and performance of micro and nanoelectromechanical systems
Thomas W. Kenny Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Micromechanical structures for accelerometers, infrared detectors, and force-sensing cantilevers, integrated packaging, inertial navigation, fundamental force measurements, experiments on bio-molecules, device cooling, bio-analytical instruments, and small robots
Butrus (Pierre) T. Khuri-Yakub Professor of Electrical Engineering	Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers, ultrasonic imaging and therapeutics, micromachined chemical/biological sensors, microfluidics and lab-on-chip
Beth Pruitt Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Microfabricated sensors and systems, mechanics in small scale systems, development of novel processes and devices for measuring nanoscale mechanical behavior
Nanotubes & Nanowires
Hongjie Dai J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry	Carbon nanotube chemistry and physics, molecular electronics, semiconducting nanowires, surface science and functionalization
Photonics & Optoelectronics
Mark L. Brongersma Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Nanoscale electronic, photonic materials and devices
Lambertus Hesselink Professor of Electrical Engineering	Fundamental processes related to laser-matter interaction with novel applications in photonics and nano technology
David A.B. Miller W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering	Optoelectronic materials, devices, and systems, work on ultrafast all-optical switches, optical interconnects, high-speed optical A/D converters, optical sensing, and optoelectronic devices
Olav Solgaard Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering	Micro-optical and nano-optical devices that combine MEMS, photonic crystals, integrated optics, and free-space optics
Joachim Stohr Professor of Photon Science	Liquid crystal alignment, magnetic exchange bias, ultrafast switching, spin injection
Jelena Vuckovic Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering	Quantum and nanoscale photonics
Yoshihisa Yamamoto Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering	Quantum dynamics in semiconductor nanoscale systems using ultrafast optical spectroscopy with semiconductor microcavities with artificial atoms (quantum dots or impurities) at low temperatures and high magnetic fields

Research Areas

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Bio Devices and Biomedical Engineering

Nanoelectronic Devices

Energy

Fundamental Physics

Materials

Micro- and Nano- ElectroMechanical Systems

Nanotubes & Nanowires

Photonics & Optoelectronics