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Biography

Professor Dyck received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 2000 where he studied the low pressure plasma synthesis and optical characterization of wide-band-gap III-nitride semiconductors. After his doctoral work, Dr. Dyck was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan where he worked on the transport and magnetic properties of novel thermoelectric and diluted magnetic semiconductor materials. He joined the faculty of ����logo������� in August 2003. At ����logo�������, Prof. Dyck’s experimental condensed matter research lab is centered on measurements of low temperature electrical and thermal transport properties of materials, with an aim to reveal underlying electron and phonon conduction mechanisms in order to optimize their properties for potential applications. Current research is focused on novel materials for better utilization of our energy resources via photovoltaic (solar cell) and thermoelectric applications. Prof. Dyck has received funding for his research from Research Corporation and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Professor Dyck has also been very involved with the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society (OSAPS) having served as treasurer and chair of the section. He is currently the faculty sponsor of ����logo�������’s chapter of the Society of Physics Students.

Courses for Fall 2022

• AS 101 - 60�� �� �� ��Advising for Success

• PH 135 - 51�� �� �� Physics I

• PH 135L - 51�� �� Physics I Lab

• PH 347-51�� �� �� �� Advanced Laboratory

• PH 365L-51�� �� �� Electricity & Magnetism Workshop

Teaching Interests

• Infusion of computational approaches into the physics curriculum
• Thermal Physics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Development of new experiments for the advanced laboratory

Research Interests

• Photovoltaic materials
• Thermoelectric materials
• Diluted magnetic semiconductors
• Electrical and thermal transport properties and measurements

Recent Publications

A. Kolvalsy, L. Wang, G. T. Marek, C. Burda, and J. S. Dyck, “Thermal Conductivity of CH3NH3PbI3 and CsPbl3: Measuring the Effect of the Methylammonium Ion on Phonon Scattering,” J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 3228-3233 (2017). Link: ��

J. S. Dyck, J. R. Colvin, P. C. Quayle, T. J. Peshek, and K. Kash, “Seebeck Coefficient Measurements on Micron-Size Single-Crystal Zinc Germanium Nitride Rods,” J. Elect. Mater. 45, 2920 (2016). Link:

Y. Zhao, J. S. Dyck, and C. Burda, “Toward high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials: the progress of bottom-up solution chemistry approaches,” J. Mater. Chem. 21, 17049 (2011). – invited feature (review) article. Link:

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