Dr Elizabeth Thomsen
Elizabeth Thomsen works at the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems at the Australian National University, where she leads a team researching flexible photovoltaic modules. She completed her PhD in 2008 at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, during which time she focussed on the characterisation of materials for organic photovoltaics.

The Lectures
Aimed at year 10 to 12 students and science teachers, a one-hour lecture will focus on the need for emission free power, and how solar energy can provide that power. The size of the problem faced by the world will be discussed, as will the size of the solar resource, both in Australia and worldwide. Technologies covered will include photovoltaic, thermal, and concentrator solar, as well as strategies to deal with the intermittent solar resource. Some of the current research at ANU will also be discussed.

Contacts:
Joel Corney
corney@physics.uq.edu.au
3346 9398