Dan Rhodes promoted to Associate Professor

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is pleased to announce the promotion of Dan Rhodes to Associate Professor.

Since joining the department in 2020, Rhodes has seen many milestones including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation (NSF) Career award, and the birth of his daughter, Evelyn.

Rhodes’ research focuses on the processing and synthesis of novel 2D and bulk materials for interesting correlated, superconducting and multiferroic phenomena. Materials interests involve handling a variety of elements that span the periodic table. For 2D materials, Rhodes’ research group focuses on those outside of the typical hexagonal crystal symmetry and attempt to understand how these changes in symmetry enable electrical transport phenomena, as well as the coexistence of phenomena that would typically be forbidden in the bulk. The group is also focusing on exploring the gambit of growth parameters in a subclass of 2D materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides via scanning probe microscopy methods. By systematically studying these parameters, Rhodes’ team can determine processes for nucleation and growth and defect formation.

Please join us in congratulating Rhodes on this well-deserved achievement.