Makes complex topics easy to understand.
Fosters collaboration and teamwork.
Always patient and willing to help.
A master at fostering understanding.
Great Professor!
Professor Paul Dastoor is Professor of Physics in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Director of the Centre for Organic Electronics. He obtained his BA degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1990 and PhD in Surface Physics from the same institution in 1995. After a brief position in the Surface Chemistry Department at British Steel in 1994, he joined the University of Newcastle in 1995 as Associate Lecturer in Physics, advancing to Lecturer in 2000, Senior Lecturer in 2002, and Professor from 2002 to present. He held an EPSRC Visiting Research Fellowship at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 2002, and a CCLRC Visiting Research Fellowship at Daresbury Laboratory in 2004-2005.
Dastoor's research specializations include surface analysis, electron spectroscopy, thin film growth, organic electronics, organosilane chemistry, polymer films, atom beam optics and microscopy, and medical devices. His primary research areas are Helium Atom Microscopy, Polymer Adsorption on Metal Surfaces, and Organic Electronic Devices, with expertise in photovoltaics, physics, polymers, and surface physics. Notable developments encompass printed solar cells termed solar paint for energy production, saliva-based biosensors for diabetes glucose testing, and sensors for mining safety and food poisoning detection. Key publications include Grimsdale A, Dastoor P, 'Conjugated Polymers For Organic Electronics: Design And Synthesis' (2024); Dastoor PC, 'Application of scanning transmission X-ray microscopy to energy research' (2024); Dastoor P, 'Active layer morphology in organic photovoltaics' (2018); Dastoor PC, 'Auger Electron Spectroscopy and Microscopy — Techniques and Applications' (2003); and McNeill CR, Dastoor PC, 'Charge generation and conduction mechanisms in poly(p-phenylenevinylene) based photovoltaic devices: Recent progress towards a plastic solar cell' (2003). He has received the University of Newcastle Teaching Excellence Award, Competitive Teaching Development Grant, and the 2024 Shaping Australia Problem Solver Award for the pain-free diabetes test biosensor project. Dastoor chaired the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics in 2005, reactivating it and organizing high-profile events; served as Vice-Chair of the Australian Synchrotron Research Program Policy and Review Board from 2005; was on the local organising committee for the ICSM-7 conference in 2004; and contributed to standards committees on spectroscopy and surface analysis. In 2005, he presented public lectures at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney for the International Year of Physics.
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