solar energy

I am very interested in environmental education and have created educational and written materials about photovoltaic solar power. My doctorate focussed on understanding the fundamental physics behind new types of photovoltaics....

More about my PhD research on polymer photovoltaics.

 

Education activities

Juice from Juice
Make your own blackberry juice solar cell
Using blackberry juice, iodine, and a few simple materials you can make a Graetzel cell -- a type of solar cell that mimics the process of photosynthesis.

See more solar education materials from Greg Smestad, the developer of the blackberry juice solar cell.

And a very useful, comprehensive list of links on solar from NOVA.

You can also my webcasts on global climate change.

 

Publications

 

Saved by the Sun: Inside a solar cell. Web interactive to accompany NOVA program "Saved by the Sun," April 10 2007.

A Little Ray of Sunshine: Nanotechnology's Role in Making Cheap Solar Power. (MP3).
SmallTalk podcast episode, April 16, 2006.

Who Owns the Wind? (Wind energy). Science & Spirit, Jan/Feb 2004.

City buildings rely on renewable power sources. Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 16, 2003 - Local News.

Bonnie Raitt Powers Solar Benefit. Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 15, 2002 - Page 1.

Solar Power Still Too Expensive.Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 10, 2002 - Front page Real Estate.

Solar Energy Research Heats Up, Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 10, 2002 - Page 1.