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Biography
Kylie Catchpole is Professor in the School of Engineering at the Australian National University, and is internationally recognized as a global leader in energy research. Her group has demonstrated record efficiency solar cells, and their work on solar hydrogen generation was listed as one of the global top 10 innovations by the Innovation for a Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) in 2020. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and she has been awarded the John Booker Medal for Engineering Science from the Australian Academy of Science. Her research currently focuses on energy modelling for the design and analysis of energy systems that are fair, affordable, decarbonized and resilient.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), PhD
Research Interests
Solar cells, energy systems, energy resilience and the energy transition
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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An integrated framework for systematically identifying optimal high-voltage transmission routes in renewable energy systems
Cheng, C., Blakers, A., Catchpole, K., Nadolny, A., Weber, T. & Thawley, H., 1 Jan 2026, In: Applied Energy. 402, 19 p., 126908.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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City-scale integration of distributed energy storage resources for an all-electric energy future
Lu, B., Shaw, M., Sturmberg, B., Nadolny, A., Weber, T. & Catchpole, K., 1 Jan 2026, In: Renewable Energy. 256, p. 1-14 14 p., 123920.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-Efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Based on Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells with Unprecedented Fill Factor
Chang, L. C., Duong, T., Ahmad, V., Zhan, H., Bui, A. D., Polzin, J. I., Richter, A., Bartholazzi, G., Huang, K., Yang, Z., Wang, W., Hou, Y., Li, L., Cui, Q., Basnet, R., Yang, J., Lin, H., Du, G., Nguyen, K. & Nguyen, D. T. & 6 others, , Dec 2026, In: Nano-Micro Letters. 18, 1, 19 p., 122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heatmaps to Guide Siting of Solar and Wind Farms
Cheng, C., Silalahi, D. F., Roberts, L., Nadolny, A., Weber, T., Blakers, A. & Catchpole, K., Feb 2025, In: Energies. 18, 4, 27 p., 891.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-Resolution Siting of Utility-Scale Solar and Wind: Bridging Pixel-Level Costs and Regional Planning
Cheng, C., Blakers, A., Weber, T., Catchpole, K. & Nadolny, A., 15 Aug 2025, In: Energies. 18, 16, 28 p., 4361.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanistic analysis of perovskite degradation for stable photovoltaics
Catchpole, K. (PI), Walter, D. (CoI) & Zhan, H. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Accelerating Apartment Electrification in ACT
Logie, H. (PI), Catchpole, K. (CoI) & Thomas, M. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Eku Research Collaboration Agreement - Integration of battery energy storage technology into the energy system
Logie, H. (PI) & Catchpole, K. (CoI)
20/11/24 → 20/11/27
Project: Research
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ANU TRAC, Cost-effective Si/perovskite tandem modules on passivating contact Si cells
Weber, K. (PI), Bullock, J. (CoI), Catchpole, K. (CoI), Green, M. (CoI), Hameiri, Z. (CoI), Hao, X. (CoI), MacDonald, D. (CoI), Phang, P. (CoI), Shen, H. (CoI) & Xu, M. (CoI)
1/12/22 → 1/04/28
Project: Research
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NREL-Led Heliostat Consortium for Research, Development, and Validation (HelioCon)-SUB-2022-10390
Karuturi, S. (PI) & Catchpole, K. (CoI)
22/08/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
Prizes
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2015 Australian Academy of Science - John Booker Medal
Catchpole, K. (Recipient), 25 Nov 2015
Prize: Prizes and Awards
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2022 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering [FTSE]
Catchpole, K. (Recipient) & Howden, M. (Recipient), 19 Oct 2022
Prize: Election to learned society
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2024 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science [FAA]
Abram, N. (Recipient), Blakers, A. (Recipient), Catchpole, K. (Recipient), Krumholz, M. (Recipient), Mendelson, S. (Recipient) & Tkalcic, H. (Recipient), 23 May 2024
Prize: Election to learned society