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Salem Clay Wright, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics

 

Education Background

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech
B.S., Physics and Applied Mathematics, Presbyterian College

Research or Areas of Specialty

Electrochemistry, 2D Materials, Materials Science, Electron Microscopy, Nucleation and Growth, In Situ Techniques

Classes at PC

  • PHYS 1100 – Earth Science
  • PHYS 1600 – Physics I with Calculus
  • PHYS 2600 – Engineering Physics
  • PHYS 3100 – Heat and Thermodynamics
  • PHYS 4005 – Materials Science

Organizations

  • PC Summer Fellows Research Advisor
  • SC INBRE Research Advisor
  • 2025 SC EPSCoR Academy Participant

Publications

Wright, S. C., Brea, C., Baxter, J. S., Saini, S., Alsaç, E. P., Yoon, S. G., … & McDowell, M. T. (2024). Epitaxial Metal Electrodeposition Controlled by Graphene Layer Thickness. ACS nano, 18(21), 13866-13875.

Blue, S. A., Wright, S. C., & Owens, E. T. (2024). Experimental measurements of the granular density of modes via impact. Physical Review E, 110(1), 014902.

Wright, S. C., Saini, S., Raman, T. K., Tian, M., Shetty, P. P., Kacher, J., & McDowell, M. T. (2023). The influence of graphene and its substrate on the electrodeposition of metals. ACS Materials Letters, 5(2), 370-378.

Kondekar, N., Shetty, P. P., Wright, S. C., & McDowell, M. T. (2021). In situ characterization of transformations in nanoscale layered metal chalcogenide materials: a review. ChemNanoMat, 7(3), 208-222.