Professor Kylie Catchpole is co-Director of the ANU Centre for Energy Systems and a research leader
and educator in the School of Engineering at the Australian National University. Her research focus is on
renewable energy integration and creation of a resilient future energy system, as well as solar
technology. She has a strong background in modelling of renewable energy technology and technoeconomic
modelling of renewable energy systems. She has been awarded several fellowships including
a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council and she was awarded the inaugural John
Booker Medal for Engineering Science from the Australian Academy of Science. She is a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering and a Fellow of the Australian Academy
of Science.

Awards and honours

• Listed as one of the Top 50 Australian women in science and technology by Cosmos magazine 2023.
• Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2024.
• Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2022.
• Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2022.
• World-leading efficiency in solar hydrogen generation recognized in 2020 by being listed as one of the ‘global top ten most notable recent innovative developments in energy and climate change mitigation’ by the Innovations for a Cool Earth Forum (ICEF), supported by the Japanese Government.
• Australian Academy of Science John Booker Medal in Engineering Science 2015. This award recognises ‘outstanding research in the sciences that underpin chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical or materials engineering, and their associated disciplines’.
• Plenary presentations at the International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference 2021, the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2019 and the World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 2018
• Invited speaker at iCANx, a global series of talks that attracts an audience of typically 20,000-30,000.

Publications

•  >150 publications, >18,000 citations (Google Scholar), h-index 60.
• Publications in the top journals in the field: Nature, Science, Energy and Environmental Science, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Advanced Functional Materials, Science Advances.

Competitive grant funding

Total career grant funding obtained ~$28m.
 

Recent projects include:
• 2022 Weber, Catchpole, Macdonald, Hao, et al., ARENA $3.7m.
• 2020 Catchpole et al., ARENA $1.1m.
• 2019 Yin, Catchpole et al., ARC LIEF $376k.
• 2018 Baldwin , Catchpole et al., “ANU Grand Challenge Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific”, $10m.
• 2018 Catchpole et al, ARENA, $1.6m.
• 2018 Catchpole et al., ARC DP $443k.
• 2017 Catchpole et al., ARENA $670k.
• 2017 Catchpole et al.,. ARENA $940k.

Education

Led the development of and convened a new undergraduate course at ANU called ‘Optimism and Agency in Times of Change’ in a collaboration between four Schools across the University (Engineering, Chemistry, the Fenner School for Environment and Society, and the Centre for Public Awareness of Science). The course aims to empower students to make a positive difference to the world. The course received a commendation from Engineers Australia in their accreditation report in 2022. It has also been featured as an exemplar of good practice in a report to the DVC(A) by the ANU Graduate Attributes Working Group for the new ANU graduate attribute ‘Capability to employ discipline-based knowledge in transdisciplinary problem solving’.

Service

• Member of the Advisory Board for the journal Energy and Environmental Science (Impact Factor: 30) 2021
• Member of the Advisory Board for the journal Applied Physics Reviews (Impact Factor: 19) 2021-
• Multiple Energy essentials short courses for federal government departments 2020-2024.