Professor of Materials Physics, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge

Louise Hirst is Professor of Materials Physics joint between the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. She obtained her PhD at Imperial College London, before becoming a National Academy of Sciences Research Associate, Karles Fellow and Staff Scientist within the Optoelectronics and Radiation Effects Branch of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. She started the Space PV group (www.spacepv.msm.cam.ac.uk) at the University of Cambridge in 2018 and her current research focuses on photovoltaics for space power applications, light management in ultra-thin photovoltaics and novel fabrication methods for III-V photovoltaics.