Annette Dowd
Professor
Nanoscale Technology
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Biography
Annette Dowd is a physicist who joined UTS in 2003. Her research interests are in the area of development optical and structural characterisation techniques for nanostructured materials. In particular, in her time at UTS she has published on topics such as vibrational spectroscopic techniques for analysing biological specimens, novel plasmonic materials, x-ray diffraction techniques for studying oxide nanoparticles and terahertz spectroscopy for understanding semiconductors and molecules.
Research Interest
Vibrational spectroscopy (Raman, infrared, terahertz) for biological studies Optical properties of nanostructured metallic systems Synchrotron techniques (Powder Diffraction, Far IR/terahertz, Xray Fluorescence Microscopy) for biology and materials. Transmission Electron Microscopy microanalytical techniques
