Kylie Catchpole

Professor Kylie Catchpole is a research leader and educator in the School of Engineering at the Australian National University. Her research focus is on renewable energy integration and creation of a resilient future energy system, as well as solar cell technology. Her group has achieved record efficiency perovskite solar cells, and their work on direct solar-to-hydrogen generation was listed as one of the top 10 innovations by the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) in 2020. She has been awarded several fellowships including a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council and she was awarded the inaugural John Booker Medal for Engineering Science from the Australian Academy of Science. Recently she has been working to enhance students’ sense of meaning and contribution through her interdisciplinary course “Optimism and Agency in Times of Change” (a video introduction is available here), as well as through embedding such opportunities in courses throughout the university. You can find out more about her work on interactive learning on the ANU Centre for Learning and Teaching blog Interact, and as part of the iLeap program. Modelling of energy systems, resilience, and the broader energy transition.