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Oana Malis is an Associate Department Head and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University's Department of Physics and Astronomy. She holds offices in PHYS 170 and a lab in PHYS G42. Her research focuses on nanostructured materials, particularly semiconductor nanostructures for infrared photonics, leveraging molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for material design and characterization.
Educational background includes a Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University (1999) and an M.S. in Physics from the University of Bucharest (1993). Her research group investigates optical properties of nitride heterostructures, lattice-matched nitrides, and ferroelectric semiconductor systems, sponsored by NSF, DARPA, and the Research Corporation.
Key research areas include structural characterization of ScAlN/GaN heterostructures, strain-engineered quantum wells, and infrared photodetector development. The group emphasizes experimental condensed matter physics and nanoscience, with recent breakthroughs in lattice-matched growth techniques and intersubband absorption optimization.
Her work spans over 50 publications in top journals, focusing on nitride alloys, quantum well engineering, and device applications. She leads collaborative efforts in Purdue's College of Science, contributing to both academic and applied research in nanotechnology.
