Axel Scherer

Office: 216 Powell-Booth Computing Center (79)

Mail Code: MC 200-79

Email: [email protected]

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Name: Joanne V. Pineda

Phone: 626-395-8343

Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics; Merkin Institute Professor

B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1981; M.S., 1982; Ph.D., 1985. Associate Professor, Caltech, 1993-95; Professor, 1995-2000; Neches Professor, 2000-; Merkin Institute Professor, 2021-; Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute, 2006-08; Co-Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute, 2008-11.

Research Interests: Medical diagnostic tools for rapid disease detection; Tools and methods for Nanofabrication below 5nm; Sensing and observation of molecules with Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Miniaturization of vacuum electronics

Overview

Professor Scherer's group focuses on the application of microfabrication to integrated microsystems. Recently, his group has specialized on developing sensors and diagnostic tools that can be used for low-cost point-of-care disease detection as well as precision health monitoring.

Professor Scherer has pioneered microcavity lasers and filters, and now his group works on integration of microfluidic chips with electronic, photonic and magnetic sensors. His group has also developed silicon nanophotonics and surface plasmon enhanced light emitting diodes, and has perfected the fabrication and characterization of ultra-small structures by lithography and electron microscopy.

Presently, his group works on integration of microfluidic chips with electronic, photonic and magnetic sensors. His group has also developed silicon nanophotonics and surface plasmon enhanced light emitting diodes, and has perfected the fabrication and characterization of ultra-small structures by lithography and electron microscopy.