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April, 2019

Nanovation with Prof. Michael Filler

Apr. 15, 2019—Had the opportunity to be interviewed by Prof. Mike Filler from Georgia Tech for his podcast Nanovation. He has interviewed some awesome folks. Honored he included me! Thanks Mike! Really enjoyed the opportunity!

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Tom Folland receives Honorable Mention for Vanderbilt Postdoc of the Year!

Apr. 15, 2019—Dr. Tom Folland was awarded an Honorable Mention in this year’s Vanderbilt Postdoc of the Year Award.  Given annually to one winner, Tom was one of only three postdocs recognized University wide, with his exceptional abilities as a researcher, mentor, instructor and grant writer being honored.  A big congrats to Tom for this outstanding achievement!

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Check out our most recent publication!

Apr. 15, 2019—In this work, we demonstrated the potential for overcoming the polarization selection rules that limit direct electrical excitation of phonon polaritons by using hybridized, zone-folded longitudinal optic phonons with transverse polarized localized surface phonon polaritons.  

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