Joe Trodahl

Biography

Professor Joe Trodahl is a Professor Emeritus in Physics at Victoria University, after retiring from a chair in 2002. He joined Victoria University in 1971, having completed a PhD from Michigan State University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia. He remains involved in research nearly full time in Wellington, and the freedom of retirement has allowed him to take on work outside New Zealand. Current research includes the intrinsic ferromagnetic rare-earth nitride semiconductors, Raman scattering investigation of the ferroelectric phases of nanostructured perovskites, ferroelectric/ferromagnetic multiferroic structures and heat flow in sea ice.  

Research Interest

Growth, electronic and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic semiconductors; Raman investigation of structural phase transitions, especially nanostructured ferroelectrics Magneto-electric multiferroic devices; sea ice structure and properties