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Fatima Toor is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa. She holds the Lowell G. Battershell Chair in Laser Engineering and has joint appointments in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa Technology Institute, and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research spans semiconductor optoelectronics, quantum optics, and biomedical diagnostics.
- Joined the University of Iowa in 2014
- Associate Member, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (Experimental Therapeutics)
- Researcher, Iowa Technology Institute and MATFab Facility
- Active in IEEE, Optical Society of America, and SPIE
Research Interests: Development of III-V and Si-based optoelectronic devices for chemical sensing, energy generation, and biomedical diagnostics, including applications in thermophotovoltaics, terahertz lasers, and cancer detection. She focuses on nano/micro fabrication, solid state physics, and electromagnetic theory.
- Key areas: Semiconductor optoelectronics, quantum optics, nanostructuring
- Applications: Tumor ablation, solar energy systems, biosensors
Publications: Recent work includes advancements in terahertz quantum cascade lasers, mid-infrared spectroscopy for nanowire analysis, techno-economic modeling of solar thermophotovoltaic systems, and biomedical applications of silicon nanowire arrays for cancer biomarker detection and hormone sensing.
Professional Memberships:
- Senior Member, IEEE Photonics Society
- Senior Member, Optical Society of America
- Senior Member, SPIE (Optics and Photonics)
