Faculty Profile for Dr. Mark A Wistey
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Mark A. Wistey (M'04) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University, Bozeman, in 1995, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2000 and 2005, respectively.In 2005, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University. In 2006, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Arizona State University, Tempe. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 2009 to 2017, he was an Assistant Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. In 2017, he joined the Physics Department and Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) Program at Texas State University as an Associate Professor. He is author or coauthor of two book chapters, more than 88 articles, and one patent.
Teaching Interests
Engaging and effective mentoring, guiding, and teaching at all levels, from K-12 and public outreach to guiding postdoctoral researchers to exceptional careers.Research Interests
Silicon photonics and integrated optoelectronics, high efficiency solar cells, heterogeneous materials integration with conventional electronics, molecular beam epitaxy, chemical vapor deposition, high speed electronic devices, and devices and materials for renewable energy.Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Reza, Md. S., Dey, T., Arbogast, A. W., Meng, Q., Bank, S. R., & Wistey, M. A. (2024). Confinement and Threshold Modeling for High Temperature GeSn and GeC/GeCSn Lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 31(1: SiGeSn Infrared Photon.), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstqe.2024.3511716
- Gulyas, I., Stephenson, C. A., Meng, Q., Bank, S. R., & Wistey, M. A. (2021). The Carbon State in Dilute Germanium Carbides. Journal of Applied Physics, 129, 055701. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5112057
- Qi, M., O’Brien, W. A., Stephenson, C. A., Patel, V., Cao, N., Thibeault, B. J., … Wistey, M. A. (2017). Extended Defect Propagation in Highly Tensile-Strained Ge Waveguides. Crystals, 7(6), 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7060157
- Stephenson, C. A., Gillett-Kunnath, M., O’Brien, W. A., Kudrawiec, R., & Wistey, M. A. (2016). Gas Source Techniques for Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Highly Mismatched Ge Alloys. Crystals, 6(12), 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst6120159
- Saha, J. K., Taqy, S. A., Sarkar, P. K., Rahaman, I., Arbogast, A. W., Dey, T., … Wistey, M. A. (2024). Observation of low-resistance Al and Ni p-type ohmic contacts to dilute GeC and GeCSn alloys. J. Vac. Sci. Technol.-B, 42(6). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003739
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering. January 31, 2024 - October 15, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering. August 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alumni Association Teaching Award of Honor, Alumni Association. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Advisor of the Best Student Manuscript Award, Electronic Materials Conference. 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Electrical Engineering. 2013
Selected Grants
- Haque, Ariful, Droopad, Ravindranath, Holtz, Mark W, Piner, Edwin L, Geerts, Wilhelmus J, Chen, Yihong, Hudnall, Todd W, Wistey, Mark A, Miyahara, Yoichi, Smith, Casey Eben, Mahato, Dip Narayan, Rastogi, Shiva Kumar, Kim, Namwon. Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Photoluminescence Spectrometer for Materials Characterization in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $434519. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
- Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Brittain, William J (Co-Principal), Irvin, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Wistey, Mark A (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal). TxState-UT PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA), National Science Foundation, Federal, $3822000. (Funded: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2027). Grant.
- Wistey, Mark A (Principal). Core-shell Upconverting Nanostructures (CSUNs) for Photovoltaics, National Science Foundation, Federal, $142381. (Funded: July 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018). Grant.
- Wistey, Mark A (Principal). SusChEM: Direct Bandgap Ge:C on Silicon for Optoelectronics, National Science Foundation, Federal, $243170. (Funded: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018). Grant.
- Wistey, Mark A (Principal). Core-shell Upconverting Nanostructures (CSUNs) for Photovoltaics, National Science Foundation, Federal, $223484. (Funded: September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017). Grant.