Professor Max G. Lagally, University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Materials Science and Engineering is the Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science.

Fields of Interest:

Nanoscale properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and dimensionally confined structures
Atom-scale mechanisms of film growth: Group IV semiconductors, nano-strain engineering, silicon nanomembranes
Relationship of nanostructure to localized electronic and optoelectronic properties, quantum dots
Development of advanced instrumentation for growth and surface and interface studies, in particular diffraction, imaging, and scanned-probe microscopies
Bioarrays and biomolecular surface modification