Principal Investigator: Prof. Dacen Waters
Dacen Waters (he/him)
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Denver
Office: Physics and Astronomy Building 409
Lab: Physics and Astronomy Building B4
Email: dacen.waters-at-du.edu
About: Prof. Dacen Waters earned his bachelor’s degrees in physics and mechanical engineering from Arkansas Tech University. He then went on to get his PhD in physics at Carnegie Mellon University, under the supervision of Profs. Randy Feenstra and Ben Hunt. His PhD work focused on two-dimensional material and moiré systems using scanning tunneling microscopy. He then went on to be a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Matthew Yankowitz’s lab at the University of Washington, where he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. At the University of Washington, he utilized transport studies to investigate novel correlated and topological states in graphitic moiré systems. In Fall of 2024, he began as an Assistant Professor in the University of Denver Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Graduate students
Thinking of graduate school? The Waters Lab is taking new students, please reach out via email to inquire! The DU Physics graduate admissions details can be found here.
Sam Smiley (they/them)
PhD Student
sam.smiley-at-du.edu
Undergraduate students
Interested in doing undergraduate research? Current DU undergraduate students are encouraged to reach out via email for research opportunities!