David Diercks

Dr. Diercks is Director of the Shared Instrumentation Facility, has been a Research Associate Professor in the George S. Ansell Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines, and holds an affiliate research appointment at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Prior to Mines, Diercks was Manager of the Center for Advanced Research and Technology at the University of North Texas (UNT).  He earned his Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from UNT, an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), and a BS in Ceramic Engineering from UIUC.  His research interests involve using correlated micro- and nano-scale materials characterization techniques for the determination of composition and structure and relating those to performance.  This includes work on photovoltaics, ceramic fuel cell and battery materials, nanowires, nanoparticles, and metal alloys. In 2018, he was awarded an NSF MRI grant for the acquisition of a Raman imaging – Scanning Electron Microscope / Focused Ion Beam Instrument.  He has more than 130 archival publications, has 2 issued patents, and has given 15 invited talks.

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