Matt Dawber
Richard A. Dennis Professor, Chair, Department of Physics
- Ph.D. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2003
- B.Sc. (Hons) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 1999
BIO
Matt Dawber's research is focused on the growth, characterization and understanding of ferroelectric materials and other oxides. Ferroelectric materials possess high degrees of functionality, with highly exploitable electrical, mechanical and optical properties. Besides a general interest in ferroelectric materials he focuses on producing superlattice materials where interfacial coupling gives rise to either enhanced or totally new behavior. Characterization is achieved through a range of in-house tools and an active program at NSLS-II for advanced characterization through x-ray diffraction techniques.
Matt Dawber joined the Physics Department at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ as Chair in January 2025. Prior to that he was on the faculty at Stony Brook University from 2008-2024 and a postdoctoral associate at the University of Geneva from 2004-2007, having completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge from 2000-2003. If you hear him talk it won't take you too long to realize he is originally from Sydney, Australia.
Publications
Area(s) of expertise
Experimental condensed matter physics, Ferroelectric materials, Growth and characterization of epitaxial thin films and multilayers of oxide materials
Bio
Matt Dawber's research is focused on the growth, characterization and understanding of ferroelectric materials and other oxides. Ferroelectric materials possess high degrees of functionality, with highly exploitable electrical, mechanical and optical properties. Besides a general interest in ferroelectric materials he focuses on producing superlattice materials where interfacial coupling gives rise to either enhanced or totally new behavior. Characterization is achieved through a range of in-house tools and an active program at NSLS-II for advanced characterization through x-ray diffraction techniques.
Matt Dawber joined the Physics Department at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ as Chair in January 2025. Prior to that he was on the faculty at Stony Brook University from 2008-2024 and a postdoctoral associate at the University of Geneva from 2004-2007, having completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge from 2000-2003. If you hear him talk it won't take you too long to realize he is originally from Sydney, Australia.
Publications
Areas of Expertise
Experimental condensed matter physics, Ferroelectric materials, Growth and characterization of epitaxial thin films and multilayers of oxide materials