John P. Prineas, Ph.D.
Director of Research Operations
Professor
Biography
Research Interests:
Experimental semiconductor physics
Research:
- Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Optics and Photonics
- Short-, mid-, and long-wave infrared semiconductor optoelectronics and photonics
- Carrier dynamics and transport in semiconductor superlattices, nanowires, heterostructures
- Photonic engineering at the nano- to micro-scale: plasmonics, metamaterials, cavities
- Electronic engineering in semiconductor heterostructures
- Optical chemical sensing, thermal scene projection, artificial intelligence
- Facilities include ultrafast optics labs, use of the Molecular Beam Epitaxy Facility for III-V semiconductor growth, and the MATfab for materials micro- and nano-fabrication and imaging.
- Students work in an interdisciplinary environment in Iowa CREATES, are supported by research assistantships, publish and present at national\international conferences
Research areas
- Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Optics and Photonics