Harry A. Atwater, Jr.

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Otis Booth Leadership Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science; Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science; Director, Liquid Sunlight Alliance

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982; M.S., 1983; Ph.D., 1987. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1988-94; Associate Professor, 1994-99; Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, 1999-2002; Howard Hughes Professor, 2002-. Director of Resnick Sustainability Institute, 2009-15; Director of Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, 2014-21; Division Chair, 2021-; Booth Leadership Chair, 2021-; Director, Liquid Sunlight Alliance, 2021-.

Research Overview

Professor Atwater's research focuses on quantum and nanophotonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces, artificial photosynthesis, two-dimensional materials, nano- and micro-structured photovoltaics, space solar power and plasmonics.

Research Summary: quantum and nanophotonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces, artificial photosynthesis, two-dimensional materials, nano- and micro-structured photovoltaics, space solar power and plasmonics

Nanoscale Device Simultaneously Steers and Shifts Frequency of Optical Light, Pointing the Way to Future Wireless Communication Channels

In a First, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space

Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into Orbit in January

Caltech Charts the Course to a Green Electrical Grid

Winners of the 2022 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes Announced

Startup Company Captura Receives XPRIZE Award

Nano-architected Material Refracts Light Backward—An Important Step Toward One Day Creating Photonic Circuits