Stephen Podowitz-Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor

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Stephen Podowitz-Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research & Clinical Interests
Dr. Podowitz-Thomas’s laboratory research focuses on developing materials for more environmentally-friendly (i.e., greener) technologies. His research is grounded in a materials science approach that expands fundamental knowledge on structure-properties relationships in order to improve the functional properties of the materials that he studies. His current research projects involve rare-earth-free phosphor synthesis and characterization for energy-efficient lighting applications. His past work focused on scintillator ceramics for radiological and nuclear detection and thin film structural and nanomechanical characterization. Dr. Podowitz-Thomas’s pedagogical interests include team-based learning and student-faculty partnerships and the effect of these pedagogical practices on student sense of belonging and STEM identity.
Education
PhD - Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2012
BS - Columbia University, New York, NY, 2005
Publications
- Corrigendum to “Understanding the lithium deficient LixNiyMnzCo1-y-zO2 (x < 1) cathode materials structure” (Materials Chemistry and Physics (2019) 228 (32–36), (S0254058419301233), (10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.02.028))
- Understanding the lithium deficient LixNiyMnzCo1-y-zO2 (x < 1) cathode materials structure
- Investigating Pb diffusion across buried interfaces in Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 thin films via time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry depth profiling
- The application of floating dies for high speed growth of CsI single crystals by edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG)
- Nonproportionality and scintillation responses of LSO:Ce from 4.3 to 300 K
- Probing grain boundaries in ceramic scintillators using x-ray radioluminescence microscopy
- Fabrication and properties of translucent SrI2 and Eu:SrI 2 scintillator ceramics
- Effect of europium concentration on densification of transparent Eu:Y 2O3 scintillator ceramics using hot pressing