Faculty
Axel Scherer
Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics
Degrees and Appointments
B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1981; M.S., 1982; Ph.D., 1985. Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Caltech, 1993-95; Professor, 1995; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, 1995-96; Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Physics, 1996-2000; Neches Professor, 2000-. Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute, 2006-08; Co-Director, 2008-11.
caltech.eduResearch Overview
Professor Scherer's research interests focus on advanced microfabrication techniques used to construct optical, magnetic, and microfluidic nanostructures. These structures are included in functional devices such as microcavity lasers and high density magnetic storage media.
List of Research Areas
advanced microfabrication techniques used to construct optical, magnetic, and microfluidic nanostructures
Research Centers
The Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Center for the Physics of Information, Center for Science and Engineering of Materials
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