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Anupam Madhukar

Anupam Madhukar


Kenneth T. Norris Professor of Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Nanostructure Materials & Devices Laboratory (NMDL)
USC Center for Neural Engineering

Anupam Madhukar


Research Overview
  • Nanostructure synthesis and structural, optical, & electrical examination
  • Self-organized nanostructures for radiation detection and solar energy conversion
  • Abiotic-biotic interfacial phenomena at the nanoscale
  • Plasma membrane – quantum nanostructure composites for neuronal cell actuation
  • Live-cell imaging and spectroscopic studies of intracellular biochemical processes

   Hybrid nanocrystal quantum dot (NCQD) and epitaxial nanostructure systems for solar energy conversion and biochemical detection applications

  Quantum dot array grown via molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)

  Functional abiotic nanosystems (FANs) for probing and actuating cellular processes

        The Madhukar Group (Nanostructure Materials and Devices Laboratory - NMDL) is internationally known for the spawning and development of the field of self-organized semiconductor nanostructures. We carry out multi-disciplinary research with a focus on examining phenomena in novel nanoscale structures and at the abiotic-biotic interface for applications in: computing and communication; conversion of solar photons to power; early detection of biological markers of disease or pathogens in the environment; suppression of immune response to neural prostheses; developing cellular level prostheses we call FANs (functional abiotic nanosystems) for probing and modifying cellular response; and real-time imaging and spectroscopic probing of intra-cellular biochemical processes in live cells under applied stress.

 

Contact Information
E-mail:                       
madhukar@usc.edu
Mailing Address:      
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Southern California
3651 Watt Way, VHE 502
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0241            
Office Location:       
VHE 502
Office Phone:          
(213)740-4325
Fax:                         
(213)740-4333

 
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Madhukar received his BSc (1966) and MSc (Physics, 1968) degrees respectively, from the University of Lucknow and the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) in India. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Physics in 1971 from the California Institute of Technology. Before coming to USC in 1976, Dr. Madhukar was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center of the IBM Corporation and a Research Associate at the James Frank Institute of the University of Chicago. Dr. Madhukar was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1977-81), received three NASA Certificates of Recognition (1981, 1982, 1986) for his research in Si/SiO2 interfaces and compound semiconductor MBE, Outstanding Research Award of the USC School of Engineering in 1988, and the DARPA (ETO) award for Sustained Excellence, 1997 (given to a multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Madhukar). He is the founding President of the Southern California chapter of the Materials Research Society, a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Fellow of the American Physical Society. 

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Facilities
Appropriate and extensive facilities for all the studies noted above, except for electron microscopy, are available in the Nanostructure Materials and Devices Laboratory (NMDL) directed by A. Madhukar. In addition, a parallel computing platform and visualization facilities are available for the sole purpose of carrying out large scale computer simulation studies relating to the research carried out within NMDL.