Rate My Professor Paul Dastoor

Dastoor's research specializations include surface analysis, electron spectroscopy, thin film growth, organic electronics, organosilane chemistry, polymer films, atom beam optics and microscopy, and medical devices. His primary research areas are Helium Atom Microscopy, Polymer Adsorption on Metal Surfaces, and Organic Electronic Devices, with expertise in photovoltaics, physics, polymers, and surface physics. Notable developments encompass printed solar cells termed solar paint for energy production, saliva-based biosensors for diabetes glucose testing, and sensors for mining safety and food poisoning detection. Key publications include Grimsdale A, Dastoor P, 'Conjugated Polymers For Organic Electronics: Design And Synthesis' (2024); Dastoor PC, 'Application of scanning transmission X-ray microscopy to energy research' (2024); Dastoor P, 'Active layer morphology in organic photovoltaics' (2018); Dastoor PC, 'Auger Electron Spectroscopy and Microscopy — Techniques and Applications' (2003); and McNeill CR, Dastoor PC, 'Charge generation and conduction mechanisms in poly(p-phenylenevinylene) based photovoltaic devices: Recent progress towards a plastic solar cell' (2003). He has received the University of Newcastle Teaching Excellence Award, Competitive Teaching Development Grant, and the 2024 Shaping Australia Problem Solver Award for the pain-free diabetes test biosensor project. Dastoor chaired the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics in 2005, reactivating it and organizing high-profile events; served as Vice-Chair of the Australian Synchrotron Research Program Policy and Review Board from 2005; was on the local organising committee for the ICSM-7 conference in 2004; and contributed to standards committees on spectroscopy and surface analysis. In 2005, he presented public lectures at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney for the International Year of Physics.