March 20, 2013
Tim Stephens

Sue Carter, professor of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been named chair elect of the American Physical Society's Topical Group on Energy Research and Applications (GERA). Read more

November 6, 2010
Tovin Lapan

SANTA CRUZ - In September, the city unveiled its climate action plan, which, in part, aspires to increase the number of homes and businesses utilizing solar energy tenfold by 2020.

With a financial boost from five recently awarded grants totalling $1 million, UC Santa Cruz physics professors Sue Carter may just make that goal a little easier to attain through her research looking into cheaper and more efficient solar cells. Read more

November 2, 2010
Tim Stephens

Sue Carter, a professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is pursuing a variety of strategies to develop cheaper and more efficient solar cells. She was awarded five new grants this year totaling more than $1 million to fund her research on new materials and technologies for solar energy. Read more