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Paul Evans

Paul Evans

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Department

Materials Science & Engineering

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1105, Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI
p: (608) 265-6773

  • PhD 2000, Harvard University
  • MS 1996, Harvard University
  • BS 1994, Cornell University

  • 2022 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Surface Science and Technology Bascom Professorship
  • 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vilas Associate Award
  • 2014 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award
  • 2006 College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Polygon Engineering Student Council’s Outstanding Instructor Award

  • Zhou, T., Reinhardt, A., Bousquet, M., Eymery, J., Leake, S., Holt, M. V., Evans, P., & Schülli, T. (2025). High-resolution high-throughput spatiotemporal strain imaging reveals loss mechanisms in a surface acoustic wave device. Nature Communications, 16(1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57814-6
  • Liu, R., Nuñez Lobato, C., Savage, D. E., Kelley, K. P., Christensen, D. V., & Evans, P. (2025). Epitaxial growth of conducting perovskite SrTiO3 on (0001) c-axis sapphire using a γ-Al2O3 intermediate layer. APL Materials, 13(7) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0287431
  • Chinna Kannu, L. K., Marandu, M. H., Liu, R., Hernandez, J. M., & Evans, P. (2025). Formation and ripening of SrTiO3 nanocrystals on SiO2. APL Materials, 13(7) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0273570
  • Evans, P., Sando, D., Evans, P., & Valanoor, N. (2025). X-Ray Scattering Techniques for Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films. X-Ray Scattering Techniques for Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films. Springer Nature Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-5945-6
  • Seyfouri, M. M., Evans, P., Valanoor, N., & Sando, D. (2025). Laboratory X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Oxide Thin Films. In X-Ray Scattering Techniques for Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films (p. 7-48). Springer Nature Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-5945-6_2
  • Janicki, T. D., Liu, R., Im, S., Wan, Z., Butun, S., Lu, S., Basit, N., Voyles, P., Evans, P., & Schmidt, J. R. (2024). Mechanisms of Three-Dimensional Solid-Phase Epitaxial Crystallization of Strontium Titanate. Crystal Growth and Design, 24(18), 7406-7414 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00081
  • Griffiths, J., Suzana, A. F., Wu, L., Marks, S. D., Esposito, V., Boutet, S., Evans, P., Mitchell, J. F., Dean, M. P., Keen, D. A., Robinson, I., Billinge, S. J., & Bozin, E. S. (2024). Resolving length-scale-dependent transient disorder through an ultrafast phase transition. Nature Materials, 23(8), 1041-1047 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01927-8
  • Mannix, D., Thomas-Hunt, J., Evans, P., Geprags, Stephan,, Chamard, V., Li, P., & Carbone, D. (2024). High resolution spin texture imaging in spin caloritronics pro- totype device structures: New opportunities for coherent hard X-rays with resonant scattering at 4th generation light sources. In 11th international confererence on phase retrieval and coherent scattering (Coherence 2024).
  • Htun, S., Evans, P., Cao, Y., Gerber, S., Hruszkewycz, S., Jacobsen, C., Madsen, A., Chiang, T. C., Li, N., Allain, M., Zheng, H., Gyan, D. S., Hlevyack, J., Burri, C., Sheyfer, D., M"oller, Johannes,, Bolloc'h, D. L., Hua, N., Mihailovic, D., & Wonhyuk, J. (2024). Studying Domain Dynamics of Charge-Density Wave Materials using X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy at XFELs. In 11th international confererence on phase retrieval and coherent scattering (Coherence 2024).
  • Betancourt-Ponce, M. A., Liu, R., Sun, J., Evans, P., & (2024). Patterning and epitaxy of large-area arrays of nanoscale complex oxide epitaxial heterostructures. APL Materials, 12(5) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0203258

  • MS&E 260 - Materials Experience (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 699 - Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 551 - Structure of Materials (Spring 2025)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • MS&E 648 - Advanced X-ray Scattering Methods in Materials Science and Engineering (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • MS&E 551 - Structure of Materials (Spring 2024)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • MS&E 260 - Materials Experience (Fall 2023)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)