Prof. Daniel Turner-Evans

Alumni - Academic Faculty



Dan received his B.S in applied physicist and electrical engineering from Yale University in 2008. He then joined the lab of Prof. Harry Atwater at Caltech for his Ph.D. in applied physics. During his Ph.D., Dan became fascinated by the brain. After he defended in 2013, Dan decided to turn his fascination into his career. He moved to the HHMI Janelia Research Campus for postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Vivek Jayaraman. At Janelia, Dan studied a neural circuit that gives animals their sense of direction. He identified all of the neurons involved in the circuit and characterized the functional roles of many of them. Dan now continues to develop and apply approaches to characterize the computational units of the brain at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Available Publications


Cu-Catalyzed Vapor−Liquid−Solid Growth of SiGe Microwire Arrays with Chlorosilane and Chlorogermane Precursors

Christopher T. Chen, Hal S. Emmer, Shaul Aloni, Daniel B. Turner-Evans, and Harry A. Atwater
Crystal Growth & Design (2015) - Micro- and Nanowires

Flexible, Transparent Contacts for Inorganic Nanostructures and Thin Films

Daniel B. Turner-Evans , Hal Emmer , Christopher T. Chen , and Harry A. Atwater
Advanced Materials (2013) - Micro- and Nanowires Photovoltaics

Optoelectronic Analysis of Multijunction Wire Array Solar Cells

Daniel B. Turner-Evans, Christopher T. Chen, Hal Emmer, William E. McMahon, and Harry A. Atwater
J. Appl Phys (2013) - Micro- and Nanowires

Wafer-Scale Growth of Silicon Microwire Arrays for Photovoltaics and Solar Fuel Generation

Adele C Tamboli, Christopher T Chen, Emily L Warren, Daniel B Turner-Evans, Michael D Kelzenberg, Nathan S Lewis, Harry A Atwater
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2012) - Micro- and Nanowires Photovoltaics

Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Planar and Microwire‐Array Si| GaP Electrodes

Nicholas C Strandwitz, Daniel B Turner‐Evans, Adele C Tamboli, Christopher T Chen, Harry A Atwater, Nathan S Lewis
Advanced Energy Materials (2012) - Metamaterials Photovoltaics