Please join the SRSI Class of 2017 in hearing distinguished speaker Michael Graetzel, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces.
Wednesday, July 19
8:00 PM
Building 9, Lecture Hall 1, Room 2322
Talk will be followed by a reception
Dr. Graetzel pioneered research in the field of energy and electron transfer reactions in mesoscopic systems and their use in energy conversion systems, in particular photovoltaic cells and photo-electrochemical devices for the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen and the reduction of carbon dioxide by sunlight as well as the storage of electric power in lithium ion batteries. He discovered a new type of solar cell based on dye sensitized nanocrystalline oxide films which successfully mimic the light reaction occurring in green leafs and algae during natural photosynthesis.
Author of several books and over 1200 publications, he is one of the 3 most highly cited chemists in the world. His recent awards include the Paracelsus Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society, the King Feisal International Science Prize, the Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels, the First Leigh-Ann Conn Prize in Renewable Energy, the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the Marcel Benoist Prize, the Paul Karrer Gold Medal, the Gutenberg Research Award, the Millennium Technology Grand Prize, and the Balzan Prize.
Plan to join us for upcoming SRSI distinguished speakers:
- July 25 – Dr. Ibrahim Olwi
- July 26 – Dr. Oussama Khatib