Published: May 15, 2015
Arthur J. Nozik

Arthur J. Nozik is a Senior Research Fellow Emeritus (as of 2012) at the U.S. DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a founding Fellow of the University of Colorado Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI). He served as Associate Director of a DOE LANL/NREL Energy Frontier Research Center (Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (2009-12). Between 2006 and 2009 he was scientific director of the Colorado Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion.

Dr. Nozik received a BChE from Cornell in 1959 and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Yale in 1967. Before joining NREL in1978, then known as the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), he conducted basic materials chemistry research in industry. Dr. Nozik’s research interests include size quantization effects in semiconductor nanocrystals and quantum wells, including multiple exciton generation from a single photon in quantum dots and via singlet fission in molecules; next generation solar photon conversion to electricity and solar fuels; photogenerated hot carrier effects and relaxation dynamics in photomaterials; photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor-molecule interfaces; photoelectrochemical energy conversion; photocatalysis; optical, magnetic, and electrical properties of solids; and Mössbauer spectroscopy.

Dr. Nozik has published over 250 papers and book chapters in these fields, written or edited five books, holds eleven U.S. patents, and has delivered over 350 invited talks at universities, conferences, and symposia. He has served on numerous scientific review and advisory panels, chaired and organized many international and national conferences, workshops, and symposia. He has received several awards in solar energy research, including the 2013 Heinz Gerischer Award from the Europe Section of ECS, the 2011 ACS Gustavus Esselen Award at Harvard University, the 2008 Eni Award (hosted by the President of Italy), and the 2002 ECS Energy Technology Division Research Award.

Dr. Nozik has been a Senior Editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry (1993-2005) and is on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Energy and Environmental Sciences and Nanoenergy. A Special Festschrift Issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry honoring Dr. Nozik’s scientific career appeared in the December 21, 2006 issue. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Society of Chemistry; he is also a member of ECS, the American Chemical Society, and the Materials Research Society.