Richard A. Dunlap is a Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Canada. He joined Dalhousie University after receiving his PhD in Physics from Clark University in 1981 and became a full professor in 1990. He was the director of the Dalhousie University Institute for Research in Materials from 2009 to 2015. His research interests include nuclear spectroscopies, magnetic materials, quasicrystals, critical phenomena and advanced batteries materials.