The GCEP Student Energy Lecture series that takes place during the summer quarter was created in 2011 to allow GCEP graduate students and postdoctoral scholars the opportunity to give short presentations about their innovative clean energy research. At the end of each series, the top speakers are selected as "GCEP Distinguished Student Lecturers" and invited to give their talks before a broad audience at the GCEP Research Symposium. See below to select the videos of their well-received talks and download their presentations.

The GCEP Student Representatives are hosting the next student speaker series. Please contact mwisser@stanford.edu if you would like more information.

Christina Li, Ph.D. Candidate - Chemistry, Stanford University
CO₂ and CO Reduction on Oxide-Derived Copper

Christopher McClellan, Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Dundee
Slides: Using Plants for Biofuel Production (1.7Mb)

Ian Smith, Ph.D. Candidate - Chemistry, Stanford University
Slides: Layered Organic-Inorganic Perovskites as Efficient Solar Cell Absorbers (13.9Mb)

Andrew Scheuermann, Ph.D. Candidate - Materials & Science Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: Atomic Layer Deposited Tunnel Oxides to Protect Silicon Photoanodes for Electrochemical Water-Splitting (7.98 Mb)

Joey Nelson, Ph.D. Candidate - Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Slides: Pore Size Dependent Geochemistry (2.86Mb)

Mauro Pasta, Postdoctoral Fellow - Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: Battery Materials for Grid-Scale Energy Storage (16.33Mb)

Kendra Kuhl, Graduate Student - Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: Insights into the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ on Metal Surfaces (3.8 Mb)

Boxiao Li, Graduate Student - Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: Modeling CO₂ Sequestration: Heterogeneity and Scale Transition (1.1 Mb)

Erik Garnett, Postdoctoral Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: Inorganic/Organic Hybrid
Tandem Solar Cells (18 Mb)

Natalie Johnson, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: CO₂ Sequestration Using Direct Mineral Carbonation of Mg-Silicates (1.1 Mb)

Jared Schwede, Graduate Student, Physics, Stanford University
Slides: Photon-Enhanced Thermionic Emission for Concentrated Solar (6.7 Mb)

Phillip Smith, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Slides: Conversion of Biomass to Hydrogen through a Synthetic Enzyme Pathway (900 Kb)