Mary Anne White

University Research Professor

BSc (UWO), PhD (McMaster),
D. Sc. (hon causa, McMaster)

E-mail: mary.anne.white@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-3894
Fax: (902) 494-1310

* Accepting Graduate Students 
 
Research Interests: Materials Science. 

The aim of our research is to understand the role of structure and dynamics in determination of physical properties of materials, with an emphasis on thermal properties. Our goal is to understand thermal behaviour, in order to, ultimately, tailor-make materials with particular properties. Direct applications include thermoelectrics for power production and solid-state cooling, thermochromic materials for sensors, and phase chage materials for solar energy storage.

Researchers involved in these studies will have an opportunity to learn and develop a wide variety of characterization techniques, in our lab, using the Facilities for Materials Characterization managed by Dalhousie University’s Institute for Research in Materials, and in collaboration with other laboratories at Dalhousie University, elsewhere in Canada, and outside Canada. 

Our work spans many types of materials. The particular systems studied are designed to probe structure-property relationships. Systems studied range from simple metals and inorganic or organic solids, to inclusion compounds and other supramolecular systems, to binary and ternary mixtures with particular properties, to teeth and ivory. The aims of the research range from understanding fundamental properties of materials, to applications of these investigations. 

For more details, visit our lab website.