Jenny Nelson

Jenny Nelson is a Royal Society Research Professor at Imperial College London, where she researches novel materials for solar energy conversion. Her current research is focussed on understanding structure-property relationships in molecular and hybrid semiconductor materials and how these relationships influence the mechanisms of solar energy conversion. She also works on the role of renewable energy technologies in mitigating climate change. She has published over 400 papers and a book on the physics of solar cells. She holds several awards for her research including the Royal Society Armourers and Brasiers company Prize (2012), the Institute of Physics Faraday medal (2016), the IEEE PVSC Cherry Award (2023) and the Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Open Prize (2024). She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014.