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2023 prize awarded to Martin Green for low-cost, high-efficiency silicon solar cells

December 18, 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Martin Green, Scientia Professor and world-leading silicon cell pioneer at theUniversity of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia, has won the 2023 Leigh Ann Conn Prize forRenewable Energy from the University of Louisville.

2019 prize awarded to Shuji Nakamura for LED lighting

December 13, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A pioneer in sustainable energy technology, University of California-Santa Barbara materials professor Shuji Nakamura, has won the 2019 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy from the University of Louisville.