Dr Ciaran Moore

Associate Investigator

Towards Low Energy Tech - Hardware for Future Computing

Address:
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140

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• Ciaran.Moore@canterbury.ac.nz

Biography

Ciaran Moore completed his PhD on near-field imaging with optical superlenses at the University of Canterbury. During that time he was a student member of the MacDiarmid Institute and was fortunate to complete a MacDiarmid Institute-sponsored internship at IBM Research’s Almaden Lab in San Jose, California. After graduation he took up an academic position at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, where he worked for six years before returning to the University of Canterbury as a senior lecturer in Embedded Systems.

Research interests

Ciaran’s research explores the intersection between optics and electronics and spans fundamental materials science to applied device integration. He is  particularly interested in matter-light interactions that occur at length scales similar to the wavelength of light. Ciaran has a strong background in nanofabrication, including thin film deposition, photolithographic patterning and microscopy. He has used these techniques to develop a range of sensors and devices for medical and environmental applications.

Recently, his group showed how periodic arrays of metal nanostructures can host plasmonic resonances that are tightly confined in space, and illustrated how these resonances can be used to manipulate the phase of incoming light. Separately, he has used plasmonic resonances to build sensors for environmental monitoring. He is currently developing sensing systems for soil moisture measurement and ambient methane monitoring.