Michael McGehee
University of Colorado Boulder
Biography
Mike McGehee received his undergraduate degree in physics from Princeton University and his PhD degree in Materials Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a cofounder and the Chief Scientist of Tynt Technologies, a company that is commercializing reversible metal electrodeposition optical devices that are used to adjust light transmission through windows and augmented reality eyewear. He was a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University for 18 years. His research team has done pioneering research on perovskite tandems solar cells and made numerous contributions towards understanding degradation in perovskite solar cells and improving their stability. Former students from his lab have founded 22 companies, including CelLink, Raxium, Swift Solar, Tandem PV, Molten Industries, Antora Energy, Sinovia, and Photara. He is an advisor to Swift Solar, Photara, Sinovia and Alta Resource Technologies. He is an instructor for Boulder Climate Ventures, which is supported by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
RSC journal affiliations
Advisory Board Member, EES Solar