The Liquid Sunlight Alliance was founded in 2020, and is directed by Professor Harry Atwater. It is one of two projects in the Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences. The vision is to establish the science principles by which coupled microenvironments directly […]
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Prof Harry Atwater has been named the 2019 IEEE William Cherry Award winner for outstanding achievement in the field of photovoltaics. The award will be presented at the 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) in June. You can read more about the award and Prof Atwater here.
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Harry Atwater elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) – citation: ‘For pioneering contributions to plasmonics and nanophotonics.’ [APS Fellow Archive]
Read MoreUS photovoltaics research leaders say that solar research is not finished yet; see: https://daedalus.caltech.edu/files/2016/04/Zhang_NatPhoton_Mar2016.pdf
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Caltech professors Harry Atwater, Mark Davis, and Ali Hajimiri have been named as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). According to the NAI press release, fellows are “academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, […]
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Harry will be participating in a live Twitter debate on Thursday, November 19th, @ 7 am. It is part of Reuter’s coverage of the COP21 Sustainable Innovation Forum in Paris (http://www.cop21paris.org/) that is taking place on Dec 7-8. The Twitter debate is centered around: “Who are the people who will pull our planet from the […]
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Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute focuses on developing solutions to the world’s most important sustainability challenges across research, education and communication. See video here.
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Harry A. Atwater, Jr., Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science as well as the Director of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, has been awarded the 2016 David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics by the American Physical Society. The Award recognizes “an outstanding contributor to the field of […]
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Prof. Atwater is speaking on KPCC’s Take Two program tomorrow morning (August 25th) at 9am PDT. Listen in on the radio or online at scpr.org
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KPCC recently covered Governor Jerry Brown’s executive order to drastically reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions. The order states that California must shrink its heat-trapping pollution levels to 40% below what the state reported in 1990 by the year 2030. Professor Atwater commented on the work that scientists at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis are doing to discover breakthrough technologies in […]
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Professor Atwater joined KNX 1070 News Radio this morning to speak about JCAP’s recent 5-year, $75 million renewal grant from the Department of Energy. He overviewed how JCAP scientists are developing artificial photosynthesis techniques to create solar fuels for future energy use. Hear the interview now! KNX 1070 News Radio (click the space to the left […]
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Northrop Grumman recently signed a 3-year, $17.5 million sponsored research agreement with Caltech for the Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) project. Professors Harry Atwater, Sergio Pellegrino, and Ali Hajimiri serve as the project’s three principal investigators and plan to build out a team of 50 researchers. The SSPI project aims to solve the renewable energy challenge by producing a […]
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Professor Atwater discusses the mainstream adoption of solar energy, its existing hurdles, and how the Resnick Sustainability Institute is bridging the gap between renewable energy research and industry implementation. Read the article here.
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On Tuesday, March 10th, Professor Atwater spoke at the Crawford Family Forum event, “NEXT: Solar Power – Energy of the Future?” with host, Mat Kaplan. Dr. Atwater served on a panel of solar energy experts alongside Paul Basore, Director of the Materials Applications and Performance Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and J.R. DeShazo, […]
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TIME Magazine published an article in its March 2015 edition featuring quotes from Professor Atwater. The article, “A Burst of Energy: Inside the World’s Largest Solar Power Plant”, discusses the future of utility-scale solar power plants in America. Anyone with an online subscription to TIME Magazine can read the article by Josh Sanborn now.
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