Todd Hastings, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Professor, Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Eminent Scholar
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Overview
The Hastings Research Group seeks new ways to increase the resolution, accuracy, and throughput of nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing techniques with a particular emphasis on photonics applications for sensing, imaging, and computing. Collaborations have expanded the groups' investigations to biomedical sensing, renewable energy, data storage, and communications.
Research Interests
- Biological Sensors
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Sensors
- Nano-fabrication
- Nanotechnology
- Photonics
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1998
Centre College, Danville, KY Physics B.S. 1996
Appointments
2025-present Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky
2015-present Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky
2021-present Professor, Physics and Astronomy (joint appointment), University of Kentucky
2013-present Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Kentucky
2009-2015 Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky
2003-2009 Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky