Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

Workshop for Basic Research Needs for

Solar Energy Utilization

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

Bethesda, Maryland

April 18–21, 2005

Workshop Chair
Nathan S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology

Workshop Co-chair
George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory

Panel Chairs
Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Arthur J. Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University

Pre-workshop Briefing Presenter
Jeffrey Mazer, Solar Energy Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy

Plenary Session Speakers
Tom Feist, GE Global Research
Martin Hoffert, New York University
Jeffrey Mazer, Solar Energy Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy

Sub-panel Chairs
Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology
Allen Bard, University of Texas at Austin
Roberto Car, Princeton University
Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carol Creutz, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Graham Fleming, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Devens Gust, Arizona State University
Tony Heinz, Columbia University
Jacob Karni, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Antonio Luque, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Anupam Madhukar, University of Southern California
Dan Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Norris, University of Chicago
Arthur J. Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Hongkun Park, Harvard University
Bruce Parkinson, Colorado State University
Garry Rumbles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chris Somerville, Stanford University
Bob Tabita, Ohio State University
Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University
Peidong Yang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory