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Prabhakar Bandaru received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998. His graduate thesis focused on the thermodynamics of phase transformations in magneto-optic thin films. Between 1998 and 1999, he gained industry experience as a process research engineer in the Capacitor Products division of Applied Materials Inc., where he worked extensively with Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) and the electrical characterization of ferroelectric thin films, as well as plasma diagnostics. He then joined the Electrical Engineering department at the University of California, Los Angeles as a post-doctoral fellow, where he studied nano-fabrication, low temperature solid-state science for quantum computing, and Silicon-Germanium nanophotonics. His research interests encompass the investigation of nano-materials for magnetic, semiconductor, optical, and MEMS/NEMS (micro-/nano-electromechanical systems) devices.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).