Julie is a researcher in Renewable Energy & Fuels. She is the project coordinator for the Advanced Conversion Technologies for Hydrogen (ACT-H2) program, which conducts translational research on developing advanced electrochemical technologies for hydrogen production. She has expertise in high-efficiency photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells , including their design, fabrication, integration and techno-economic analysis. More broadly, she also has 10+ years of experience in epitaxy, characterisation and microfabrication (clean room processing) of optoelectronic devices.

Julie completed her B.Sc. in Physics and Engineering in Europe (Mines-Telecom Institute, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya). She completed her MASc in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Nanotechnology) at the University of Waterloo (Canada, 2013-2015) and her PhD in Electronics at the University of Montpellier (France, 2015-2019) with a E.U. Marie Curie scholarship. She has been working at ANU in Physics and Engineering since 2019.

Julie's research interests lie in Renewable Energy & Fuels and further applications of electrochemical systems such as microplastics degradation and protein synthesis. She enjoys working in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environments and is passionate about climate change research and action. Julie is involved with multiple Women in STEM organisations and always available for outreach and education toward the general public.

PhD in Nanotechnology (Electrical Engineering)

Renewable fuels

Renewable energy

Photovoltaic & photo(-)electrochemical systems

Epitaxy, microfabrication/processing, III-V semiconductors

Plastic degradation