Kylie Catchpole is Associate Professor at the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems in the Research School of Engineering at the Australian National University.  A/Prof. Catchpole's research focuses on using nanotechnology and new materials to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient.  She completed her PhD at ANU, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales and FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam before returning to ANU.​