Research Professor Alex Zunger of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute joins the ranks of former President Jimmy Carter as a recipient of the prestigious for 2018.
Alex Zunger
The biannual award, of which Zunger is just the 14th recipient,听honors those who, like its namesake, have made enduring contributions to the sustainable future of the planet.听
According to the award announcement, Zunger has made contributions to the understanding of PV and electronic materials interfaces, nanostructure and more, providing theory guidance to improving device performance.
Other distinguished biannual recipients of the听B枚er award, starting with President Jimmy Carter in 1983, have most recently Nobel Laureate Zores Alferov (2013)听and Professor听Antonio Luque (2015).
