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-.

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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.

Research Summary: quantum and nanophotonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces, artificial photosynthesis, two-dimensional materials, nano- and micro-structured photovoltaics, space solar power and plasmonics

Harnessing Sunlight to Make Sustainable Fuels

The Pressure to Explore: Caltech Researchers Take First Experimental Steps Toward Lightsails that Could Reach Distant Star Systems

Caltech to Collaborate on NSF Quantum Virtual Laboratory Pilot Program

Nanoscale Device Simultaneously Steers and Shifts Frequency of Optical Light, Pointing the Way to Future Wireless Communication Channels

In a First, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space

Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into Orbit in January

Caltech Charts the Course to a Green Electrical Grid

Winners of the 2022 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes Announced

Startup Company Captura Receives XPRIZE Award

Nano-architected Material Refracts Light Backward—An Important Step Toward One Day Creating Photonic Circuits

Harry A. Atwater, Jr.

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

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