Christina McGahan

Christina McGahan is a Research Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Vanderbilt University's School of Engineering, located in the VINSE suite (ESB 224). Her research focuses on manipulating and probing the optical, electronic, and structural properties of nanoscale materials, with applications in medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. She specializes in nanofabrication, active plasmonics (e.g., gold-vanadium dioxide systems), and advanced microscopy techniques like AFM/KPFM/EFM to study 2D materials, organic semiconductors, and quantum dot field-effect transistors.

Education: PhD in Physics from Vanderbilt University and BS in Physics from Gettysburg College. Her work intersects with Vanderbilt's Intellectual Neighborhoods in Nano Science and Technology. She is affiliated with the VINSE (Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering) and contributes to interdisciplinary research initiatives.

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