The Center for Advanced Interconnect Systems Technologies

Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center

Multiscale Science and Engineering Center

Center for Integrated Electronics

School of Engineering

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Ph.D., University of Illinois
Physics

M.S., University of Basel, Switzerland
Physics

B.S., University of Basel, Switzerland
Physics

Nanomaterials

Thin Film

Tribology

Solar Energy

Electronic Materials

Nanotechnology

Advanced Materials

Thin film and nanostructure growth from the vapor phase, with particular focus on the atomic-level processes that control surface diffusion, growth kinetics, and microstructural evolution. Atomic shadowing and ion-surface interactions are exploited to design nanostructures with applications as sensors, electronic materials, self-lubricious hard coatings, and energy conversion devices.

• Career Award, National Science Foundation

• 2008 Rensselaer Early Career Award.
• 2007 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
• 2007 Outstanding Research Award from the Rensselaer School of Engineering.
• 2006 Alfred H. Geisler Memorial Award for "Outstanding Contributions in Education and Thin Film Growth Research,"
• ASM International Young Researcher Award (<40 years of age), March 2006.
• American Chemical Society, PRF new faculty grant, 2005.
• The U.S. Department of Energy selected Prof. Gall's results on novel transition-metal nitrides as one of "the 100 most important scientific discoveries supported by the Office of Science during the past two and a half decades," 2001.
• AVS Dorothy and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship, American Vacuum Society 47th International Symposium, Boston, 2000.
• Gruniger Fellowship, Burgergemeinde Basel-Stadt, 1992-1994.

 

• Resistivity of thin Cu films with surface roughness (2009)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Thin Film
• Temperature-induced chaos during nanorod growth by physical vapor deposition (2009)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Nanotechnology
• Sputter-deposited Pt PEM fuel cell electrodes: particles vs. layers (2009)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Fuel Cells
• CrN-Ag nanocomposite coatings: Effect of growth temperature on the microstructure (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Nanotechnology
• Two-Component Nanorod arrays by Glancing Angle Deposition (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Nanotechnology
• Testing thin films by microcompression: Benefits and limits (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Thin Film
• The influence of surface roughness on electrical conductance of thin Cu films: an ab initio study (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Thin Film
• Multi-component nanostructure design by atomic shadowing (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Nanotechnology
• Surface Morphological Evolution during Annealing of Epitaxial Cu(001) Layers (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Thin Film
• For a complete list of Dr Galls publications please click here (2006)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Nanotechnology