Principal Photovoltaics Engineer — Blue Origin
I develop solar arrays and power systems for space. I joined Blue Origin in March 2022 and also consult for Mandala Space Ventures. Before that, I was part of the Solar Array Technology and Engineering group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where I was the Power Subsystem Lead for the Cassini spacecraft until the end of its mission, and a Visiting Associate in the Atwater Research Group at Caltech for the Space Solar Power Project.
Solar arrays for spacecraft, from low and medium Earth orbit to the Moon, Venus and deep space. Today at Blue Origin I work on solar arrays for TeraWave, the Blue Moon lunar lander and Blue Ring. TeraWave →
Beaming power to places the Sun cannot reach: through the Venus atmosphere, into the lunar night, to permanently shadowed craters, and for deep-space propulsion.
Power Subsystem Lead for NASA's Cassini spacecraft at JPL, through the Grand Finale dives between Saturn and its rings until the end of mission.
At Blue Origin: turning lunar regolith into metals, silicon and solar cells, using molten oxide electrolysis, crystal growth and solar heating.
Light trapping with resonant dielectric nanospheres to make ultrathin solar cells absorb more light (Caltech, Atwater group).
Dielectric-loaded surface plasmon waveguides, with gain and integration with silicon photonics (PhD, Université de Bourgogne).
