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Maiken Mikkelsen

James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
90291, Durham, NC 27708
2513 CIEMAS, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours By appointment.  

Research Interests


Quantum nanophotonics, plasmonics, light-matter interactions in artificially structured nanoscale materials, hybrid molecular-scale materials and spin phenomena in the solid state

Selected Grants


Meta-imaging: Sensing, Processing and Computing with Dynamic Metasurfaces

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2021 - 2026

Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation · 2022 - 2025

On-chip, high-speed hyperspectral imaging using metasurfaces

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation · 2019 - 2025

Visualizing Nanoscale Dynamics of Metasurface-Enabled Optoelectronics via Co-localized Optical, Thermal, and Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2024 - 2025

Plasmonically Enhanced Point-of-care Detection of Cardiac Biomarkers by a Smart Phone

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Acquisition of a Biacore T200 Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument for Shared Use

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2023

Reconfigurable Optical Properties in the Near-IR Enabled Bottom-Up Assembly of Nanoengineered Materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Laboratory · 2016 - 2022

Hybrid Pyroelectric-plasmonic Photodetectors for On-chip Hyperspectral Imaging

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2018 - 2022

Metasurface-Based Perfect Absorbers for Robust and Adaptable Coatings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2017 - 2022

EFRI ACQUIRE: An Integrated Quantum Communication Transmission Node

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2016 - 2021

Career:Light-matter control of single defects in diamond using plasmonic nanocavities

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2020

Exploring the interplay between nanoscale design and optical properties of materials: A research and educational approach.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Corporation for Science Advancement · 2016 - 2019

Tailoring Radiative Processes by Nanoengineering for Ultrafast Optoelectronic Devices

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2015 - 2018

Tunable Light-Matter Interactions of Single Quantum Dots

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities · 2014 - 2015