Patrick Hopkins

Patrick Hopkins is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia, with courtesy appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Physics. He leads the ExSiTE Lab (Experiments and Simulations in Thermal Engineering), focusing on energy transport and coupled photonic interactions with condensed matter, soft materials, and nanosystems. Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2008), B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and B.A. in Physics (2004), all from UVA. Postdoctoral work at Sandia National Laboratories (2008–2011) as a Harry S. Truman Fellow.

• Research Interests: Thermal conductivity measurement, phonon-polariton interactions, electron-phonon coupling, and interfacial heat transfer in nanosystems.
• Scientific Awards: AFOSR Young Investigator, ONR Young Investigator, ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Award, PECASE awardee, and ASME Fellow.
• Recent Publications explore topics including hyperbolic phonon-polaritons, thermal transport in chalcogenides, and advanced metrology techniques.