Martin Green (professor)


Martin Andrew Green AM ForMemRS is an Australian engineer and professor at the University of New South Wales who works on solar energy. He is editor-in-chief of the academic journal Progress in Photovoltaics.

Education

Green was born in Brisbane on 20 July 1948, and was educated at the selective Brisbane State High School, graduated from University of Queensland and completed his PhD on a Commonwealth Scholarship at McMaster University in Canada, where he specialised in solar energy. In 1974, at the University of New South Wales, he initiated the Solar Photovoltaics Group which soon worked on the development of silicon solar cells. The group had their success in the early 80s through producing a 20% efficient silicon cell, which now has been improved to 25%.

Research

Green has published several books on solar cells both for popular science and deep research. The "buried contact solar cell" was developed at UNSW in 1984. Green also serves on the Board of the Sydney-based Pacific Solar Pty Ltd., as Research Director. Green's portrait was painted with fellow scientist, Ross Garnaut for the Archibald Prize 2010. The painting was a finalist, losing to a portrait of Tim Minchin.

Awards and honours

Green has received several awards including:
His nomination for the Royal Society reads: