At Caltech, he teaches a very popular freshman lab course on semiconductor device fabrication, Applied Physics 9ab, for which he wrote the textbook for the course.
More recently, his group developed electromagnetic design tools and fabrication techniques for the definition of lithographically integrated optical devices.
The first demonstration of strong coupling between single quantum dots and optical nanocavities recently emerged from a collaboration between Axel Scherer and Hyatt Gibbs.
Collaborations with Larry Dalton (University of Washington) resulted in some of the world's smallest and fastest light modulators.
Schere leads a group focused on the miniaturization and integration of fluidic, optical, electronic and magnetic devices for applications in biotechnology.