David McIlroy received his degrees from the University of California at Santa Cruz (1984: BA Physics) and University of Rhode Island (1993: PhD Physics), and joined the University of Idaho as an Assistant Professor in 1996. Dr. McIlroy obtained promotion and tenure to associate professor in 2002 and was promoted to full professor in 2007. He has served as the Department Chair since 2010. He has published in excess of 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in the field of condensed matter physics with a specialization in nanomaterials. His research spans the areas of surface science, nanomaterials (synthesis, characterization and the properties of nanowires and nanosprings), integration of nanomaterials into sensor, biological application of nanomaterials, as well hierarchical nanocatalysts.
