Agriculture and Science

Prof Mathew K Moodley is currently Associate Professor of Physics in the School of Physics and Chemistry at UKZN. His research area is in utilizing lasers to produce 1D and 2D nanomaterials and thin films and the characterization of these materials for novel applications.  In the past, Prof Moodley was senior scientist at the National Laser Centre, CSIR(Pretroia) where he was involved in building novel laser sources and non-linear optical devices for military and civilian applications. He also held a position of group leader at the National Centre for Nanostructured Materials, CSIR before joining UKZN in 2011.