Julian Walker

Julian Walker is an Associate Professor at NTNU's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He leads the Functional Materials and Materials Chemistry research group (FACET). His research focuses on functional materials engineering, specifically inorganic and hybrid ionic materials for applications in energy storage, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics. He holds a PhD from UNSW (2014) and has held postdoctoral positions at Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) and Penn State University (USA). His work includes developing piezoelectric thin films for NASA's Lynx telescope and advancing ferroelectric plastic crystals.

Education Background:

• PhD in Materials Science, University of New South Wales (2014)
• Postdoc, Jozef Stefan Institute (2014-2016)
• Researcher, Penn State University (2016-2018)
• Joined NTNU as Postdoc (2018), appointed Associate Professor (2021)

Research Interests:

• Engineering functional properties via composition/synthesis
• Hybrid molecular systems for dielectrics and piezoelectrics
• Plastic crystals for phase-change and energy applications
• Multiferroic systems and magnetic interactions

Notable Awards:

• Ingrid & Sten Ahrlands Prize (2024)
• JPhys Energy Emerging Leader (2024)
• Best Young Researcher (2014)

Teaching:

• Course responsible for TMT4145 (Ceramic Engineering)
• TMT4245 (Functional Materials)
• TMT4166 (Experimental Materials Chemistry)

Lab/Groups: FACET research group at NTNU, collaborating on functional materials synthesis and characterization.