Director
Manager of Research Facilities
Program Administrator
Physics
Soft and Living Matter at Surfaces
Graduate Student Representative
Medicine
cell biology, tissue engineering, and translational lung research
Chemical Engineering
Phage Bioengineering
Materials Science & Engineering
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Functional Polymers, Colloids, Encapsulation
Structural Biology and Bacterial Genetics
Insect-microbe symbioses, Microbial communities
Gene-environment interactions, Neurodegeneration
Natural product synthesis
Engineered Tissue Assembly
Biomaterials, Blood Interactions
Nanomaterials, Separatoin Processes, Environment
Membrane Systems
Biosensors, Thermal Stabilization of Biological Materials
Biological Membranes, Membrane Chromatography
Nanomaterial Catalysts for Sustainable Energy
Hydrogels, Microgels, Nanogels, Smart Materials
Biomaterial Interactions
Novel Separation Processes, Water Treatment, Bioseparation
Linley’s research will focus on developing robust, reusable photocatalyst materials for photoreforming and water treatment and investigate their application to real wastewaters in optimized processes. These research pathways will support the development of sustainable, clean energy and approach a circular economy where waste products are recycled and upcycled into valuable commodities.
Colloid, Polymer, Nanoparticle Science
Biomaterials, Opthalmic Drug Delivery
Extrusion, Particle Processing
Polymerization, Surface Modification
Quantum Chemistry, Electronic Structure Theory, Computational Chemistry
Bioanalytical Chemistry, Biosensors
Silicone Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Biomedical Applications
DNA Nanotechnology, Chemical Biology
Quantum and Semiclassical Molecular Dynamics
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Energy Storage and Conversion
Solid State Magnetic Materials
Materials Characterization via X-ray Microscopy
Surfaces, Interfaces, Low-dimensional Materials, Corrosion Inhibitors
Micro- and Nano-structured Materials, Nanocellulose, Super-resolution Microscopy
Thermoelectric Materials, Magnetocaloric Phases, Temperature Sensing
Radiochemistry, Radiopharmaceuticals
Sol-gel Photochemistry, Photonics, Self-Assembly
Supramolecular Main-Group Chemistry
Civil Engineering
MRI, SEM
microrobots, soft continuum robots, mechatronics, magnetics, design and fabrication, material characterization, control systems, vision and sensing, medical robots, localization
Ginzburg-Landau Models
Nonlinear Waves
Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Organic Contaminants, Microbial Metabolism
Micro-/Nano-/Optoelectronics
Process and Device Modelling
robotics; control systems; energy systems; optimization
silicon photonics, integrated optics, lasers, photonic materials, optical communications, sensors, microphotonic systems
McMaster welcomes new Canada Excellence Research Chair in biosensing and molecular diagnostics – Brighter World
Nano-Optical Biosensing and Molecular Diagnostics
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)
Luminescent Materials and Devices
Photovoltaics
Silicon Photonics
Assistant Professor
Semiconductor Materials, Optoelectronic Devices
Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy, Silicon Photonics
Nuclear Engineering and Energy Systems
Pulsed Laser Deposition, Photovoltaics
Engineering Physics
Biosensing, Biological Sample Preparation
Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices
Structure-Property Relationships, Electron Micrsoscopy
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques
Reaction Kinetics, Metallurgy
Thermodynamics, Aluminum Alloys
Metallurgy, Advanced Steels
Plastic Deformation, Fatigue of Metals
Materials modelling, microstructure evolution, phase-field methods
Solidification of Engineering metals; Mathematical modelling of materials and Processes; X-ray tomographic imaging; 4D materials science
Materials Modelling
Areas of Specialization:
Research Clusters:
Ductile Fractures of Metals
Organic Optoelectronics, Polymer Fuel Cells
Electrochemical Nanotechnology, Energy Storage
Microstructural Evolution, Mechanical Properties
Nonlinear PDEs, Mathematical Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Bio-Functional Interfaces
Advanced Manufacturing
Transportation Electrification
Electric Propulsion, Energy Storage
Metal Forming
Machining Processes
Thermal Fluids, Magnetic Fluids and Nanoparticles
• Biomass and waste conversion to high-value products • Renewable and sustainable energy technologies • Carbon capture and utilization • Decarbonization of high carbon footprint industries • Life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis
Microfluidics, Environmental and Medical Diagnostics
Precision Machining, Tools and Processes
Bone Mechanics
Immunology
Humoural immunology and immunochemistry
Adaptive immunity
Allergy
Cellular immunology
Theory of Quantum Materials
Materials Characterization via Neutron Scattering
X-ray Analysis Systems
Experimental Molecular Biophysics
Geometrically Frustrated Magnets, Quantum Magnets, High-T Superconductors
Biophysics and Computational Biology
Unconventional Superconductivity, Low-Dimensional Quantum Magnetism
Quantum Condensed Matter Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Materials, Exotic Superconductors, Novel Magnetic Systems
Membrane and Protein Dynamics
Theoretical Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed Matter Theory
Surfaces, Ultra-thin Films
Visual Neuroscience, Brain Development
Scalp Electrophysiology
Chemistry
Self-Assembled and Light-Responsive Materials
Organic Electronic Materials
Frustrated Magnets, Unconventional Superconductivity
Chemical & Biotechnological Engineering
Nanostructure Assemblies
Physics & Astronomy
Imaging and Properties of the Eye
Electron Microscopy, Nanomaterials
Magnetic Resonance, Quantum Information Processing
Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors, Collosal Dielectric Materials
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Nanocellulose Materials, Interfacial Properties
Exotic Quantum Charge Transport
Bacterial Biophysics, Biopolymers
Electron Microscopy, Materials Characterization
Magnetotransport, Quantum Oscillations, High Pressure
Strongly correlated quantum condensed matter systems
Topological, Thermoelectric, Magnetic Materials
Thermoelectric Materials
Ultrasonic and Non-Linear Acoustical Imaging
Lipid Membrane Asummetry
Molecular Radicals
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Ribosome Assembly
Magneto Chemistry, Molecular Materials
Computation of Non-Equilibrium Systems
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Ultrafast Lasers, Surface Engineering
Nanoscale Study of Unconventional Superconducting and Magnetic Materials
Nanostructures in Polymer Materials
X-ray and Neutron Scattering, Magnetic Materials