Steve Dierker, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Nanospectroscopy Laboratory for Polaritonic Materials Discovery
CFI · 2020 · Principal investigator
$800,000
Quantum Materials Electron Microscopy Centre
CFI · 2017 · Principal investigator
$4,942,756

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Nanospectroscopy Laboratory for Polaritonic Materials Discovery

Principal investigatorCFI2020John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Dierker, Steven

Keywords: polaritonics, plasmonics, nanophotonics, quantum materials, electrides, transition metal oxides, van der Waals materials, s-SNOM, TERS, TEM, EELS Infrared Spectroscopy, Raman Scattering, Optical Microscopy, Electron Microscopy

$800,000

Quantum Materials Electron Microscopy Centre

Principal investigatorCFI2017Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund 2017

Principal investigators: Dierker, Steven

Keywords: Transition metal Oxide, TEM, SEM, EELS, FIB, Heterostructure, thin film,MBE, memrisistors, Majorana fermions, ARPES, REXS, oxide sensor, solid state Li battery Scanning Electron Microscope, Transmission Electron Microscope, Focused Ion Beam

$4,942,756

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Dierker, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CFI-funded project "Nanospectroscopy Laboratory for Polaritonic Materials Discovery" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]