Harry A. Atwater, Jr.
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 interests: quantum and nanophotonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces, artificial photosynthesis, two-dimensional materials, nano- and micro-structured photovoltaics, space solar power and plasmonics
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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.
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- Brongersma, Mark L.;Pala, Ragip A. et al. (2025) The second optical metasurface revolution: moving from science to technologyNature Reviews Electrical Engineering
- Michaeli, Lior;Gao, Ramon et al. (2025) Direct radiation pressure measurements for lightsail membranesNature Photonics
- Cheng, Wen-Hui;de la Calle, Alberto et al. (2024) Correction to "Hydrogen from Sunlight and Water: A Side-by-Side Comparison between Photoelectrochemical and Solar Thermochemical Water-Splitting"ACS Energy Letters
- Lucas, Éowyn;Bui, Justin C. et al. (2024) Asymmetric Bipolar Membrane for High Current Density Electrodialysis Operation with Exceptional StabilityACS Energy Letters
- Tagliabue, Giulia;Atwater, Harry A. et al. (2024) Photonic solutions help fight climate crisisNature Photonics
- Sokhoyan, Ruzan;Hail, Claudio U. et al. (2024) All‐Dielectric High‐Q Dynamically Tunable Transmissive MetasurfacesLaser & Photonics Reviews
- Akbari, Hamidreza;Jha, Pankaj K. et al. (2024) Photon statistics analysis of h-BN quantum emitters with pulsed and continuous-wave excitationAPL Quantum
- Gao, Ramon;Kelzenberg, Michael D. et al. (2024) Dynamically stable radiation pressure propulsion of flexible lightsails for interstellar explorationNature Communications
- Watkins, Nicholas B.;Lai, Yungchieh et al. (2024) Electrode Surface Heating with Organic Films Improves CO₂ Reduction Kinetics on CopperACS Energy Letters
- Kuznetsov, Arseniy I.;Brongersma, Mark L. et al. (2024) Roadmap for Optical MetasurfacesACS Photonics