People

Harry A. Atwater
Director and Lead Principal Investigator

Dr. Harry Atwater is the Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science and the Otis Booth Leadership Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech. He serves as the Director of LiSA. His research in LiSA focuses on II-VI and oxide semiconductor photocatalyst synthesis, carrier dynamics, pH imaging microscopy, and nanoporous catalysts. His expertise is in photophysics and photocatalysis, photocatalyst materials, light-mediated selective CO2 reduction, and artificial photosynthesis.

Frances Houle
Deputy Director, LBNL

Dr. Houle is a Senior Staff Scientist in the Chemical Sciences Division at LBNL and the Deputy Director of LiSA. Her research in LiSA focuses on water management and environments. Her expertise is stochastic multiscale reaction-diffusion modeling of nanoscale photoactive systems and polymer permeation.

Carrie Hofmann
Associate Director, Caltech

Dr. Hofmann is the LiSA Associate Director. Based at Caltech, Dr. Hofmann manages all aspects of Hub reporting and communication with DOE, oversees external and internal communications of scientific results, and serves as the lead for intellectual property and industrial engagements. Her scientific expertise is in nanophotonics and light-surface interactions. Dr. Hofmann also serves as the site lead for Caltech.

Thomas Jaramillo
Science Impact Coordinator, Team Lead, SLAC

Dr. Jaramillo is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford, Associate Professor of Photon Science at SLAC, and Director of the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis. His research in LiSA focuses on catalysts and integration. His expertise is in catalysis, including materials discovery, mechanistic understanding, and device development. Dr. Jaramillo also serves as the site lead for SLAC.

Bill Tumas
Community Alliance Coordinator, NREL

Dr. Tumas is the Associate Lab Director for Materials, Chemical and Computational Science at NREL. As LiSA Community Alliance Coordinator, he works with the LiSA Director and all LiSA members to develop and foster engagements with the external community including workshops, collaborations, alliances, and educational activities. He also serves as NREL Site Lead for LiSA and brings expertise in solar energy conversion, catalysis, and materials discovery.