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Biography
Professor Michael Fuhrer is an ARC Laurete Fellow in the School of Physics at Monash University. Michael directs the ARC Centre of Excellence for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) and co-founded the Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials. Prior to coming to Monash, Michael directed the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials at the University of Maryland. Michael is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Physical Society.
Michael's research explores novel materials such as graphene, topological insulators, and two-dimensional semiconductors, metals, and superconductors.
Research area keywords
- two-dimensional materials
- graphene
- three-dimensional topological insulators
- semiconductors
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Atomically thin moiré materials for low-energy electronics
Edmonds, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Fuhrer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Medhekar, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/10/26 → 30/09/31
Project: Research
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From Lab to Fab: Advancing a New Low-Energy Transistor Towards Large-scale Manufacturing
Yin, Y. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Fuhrer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Medhekar, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Johnson, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Wrappe, T. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Douglas, S. (Partner Investigator (PI))
19/03/26 → 18/03/27
Project: Research
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Graphene for energy harvesting from the night sky
Fuhrer, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Maier, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Tittl, A. (Partner Investigator (PI))
12/06/25 → 11/06/28
Project: Research
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Controlling magnetism and topology with an electric field
Edmonds, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Fuhrer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tadich , A. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Cortie, D. L. (Partner Investigator (PI))
9/06/25 → 8/06/28
Project: Research
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Modeling Program: Select 2D Topological Materials on Substrates
Medhekar, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Fuhrer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
7/03/25 → 6/11/26
Project: Research
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Advances in Topological Thermoelectrics: Harnessing Quantum Materials for Energy Applications
Yang, G., Sang, L., Zhang, C., See, K., Hamilton, A., Fuhrer, M., Ye, N., Snyder, G. J. & Wang, X., 2 Oct 2025, In: Advanced Materials. 37, 39, 34 p., 2506417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Contact resistance and interfacial engineering: Advances in high-performance 2D-TMD based devices
Liu, X., Xing, K., Sin Tang, C., Sun, S., Chen, P., Qi, D. C., Breese, M. B. H., Fuhrer, M. S., Wee, A. T. S. & Yin, X., Feb 2025, In: Progress in Materials Science. 148, 20 p., 101390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Edge state stabilization and control in 2D topological crystalline insulators
Wang, C., Yin, Y., Huynh, T. T., Fuhrer, M. S. & Medhekar, N. V., Dec 2025, In: Materials Today Physics. 59, 10 p., 101897.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Efficient light upconversion via resonant exciton-exciton annihilation of dark excitons in few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides
Chen, Y. H., Lo, P. Y., Boschen, K. W., Hsu, C. E., Hsu, Y. N., Holtzman, L. N., Peng, G. H., Huang, C. J., Holbrook, M., Wang, W. H., Barmak, K., Hone, J., Hawrylak, P., Hsueh, H. C., Davis, J. A., Cheng, S. J., Fuhrer, M. S. & Chen, S. Y., 26 Mar 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 11 p., 2935.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Observation of the Charge Density Wave Excitonic Order Parameter in Topological Insulator Monolayer WTe2
Watson, L., Ripoll, J., Tong, Z., Kumar, A., Que, Y., Chan, Y. H., Lin, H., Mukherjee, S., Garnica, M., Edmonds, M. T., Papaj, M., Vazquez de Parga, A. L., Weber, B., Di Bernardo, I. & Fuhrer, M. S., 16 Sept 2025, In: ACS Nano. 19, 36, p. 32374-32381 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Patents
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MONASH UNIVERSITY (Organisational unit)
Fuhrer, M. S. (Inventor), Hellerstedt, J. T. (Inventor), Edmonds, M. T. (Inventor), Collins, J. L. R. J. (Inventor) & Liu, C. (Inventor)
9 May 2019Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Patents › Patent (Provisional)