I have recently returned to the States from a fantastic postdoctoral research experience just outside of Paris, France. There, I was able not only to work on eta-solar cell materials research, but also to learn another culture and language, and to get outside of my comfort zone. The discussions that I have had in the Lévy-Clément research group the past year have been nothing short of brilliant, and I thank all of the researchers sincerely for their friendship and patience to enter into the “what is fire” discussions of PV.
Now, I have returned to Madison, Wisconsin to apply many of the ideas that I’d developed in France in another round of postdoctoral photovoltaic materials research. I find that I am not alone in my interests, as a PhD graduate student and a senior undergraduate in chemical engineering have begun participation in my research projects. It is always exciting to see that fresh interest in the strange but fun subject of photovoltaics. Onward! to la nouvelle vague.
