Dr. Stephen Power
Dr. Stephen Power is an Assistant Professor in the School of Physical Sciences.
He is involved in the development of new modules for the Physics with Data Analytics programme, which is part of the larger DCU Futures Initiative.
His own research is in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics, with a focus on the electronic, spin and valley properties of two-dimensional materials and heterostructures.
Before joining DCU in 2021, he received a Ph.D. in Physics from TCD in 2012 and worked as a researcher and lecturer in Denmark, Spain and Ireland.
Research Interests
Graphene. Two-dimensional materials. Spintronics. Valleytronics. Quantum electronics. Quantum transport. Computational Physics. Condensed Matter. Machine learning.
Funding Highlights
- Machine Learning-Driven Automated Analysis of Multi-Technique Surface Spectroscopy Data for High-Throughput Thin Film Characterization (Research Ireland Government of Ireland Postgraduate Fellowship, Dominik Jakobczak, 2026-2030, €136,000). (w/ Karsten Fleischer, DCU)
- AIPROG2D: AI-enhanced architectures for programmable two-dimensional electronics (Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Project, 2025-2029, €696,000)
- Optimised Design of Tuneable Dot Platforms for Advanced Valleytronics (Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dr. Fereshte Ildarabadi, 2024-2026, €96,417)
- Strain and defect engineering of proximity effects in 2D heterostructures (Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dr. Zahra Khatibi, 2021-2023, €96,417)
- 2DFRUTTI: Designing atomically thin heterostructures for charge, spin and valley flavoured electronics (Irish Research Council Starting Laureate, 2018-2024, €399,633)