Darwin College
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POWER

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Power and Democracy18th
Jan 
·Tony Benn 
 
Power in Cells25th
Jan 
·John Walker 
 
Powers of Ten1st
Feb 
·Neil deGrasse Tyson 
 
Narrative Power8th
Feb 
·Maureen Thomas 
 
Power of Life and Death15th
Feb 
·Elisabeth Bronfen 
 
The Power of Music22nd
Feb 
·Derek Scott 
 
The Power of Mathematics1st
Mar 
·John Conway 
 
Sustainable Power8th
Mar 
·Mary Archer « 


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Sustainable Power

Abstract of lecture   |     Biography  
Mary Archer

Mary Archer

Dr. Mary Archer is a scientist specialising in the direct conversion of solar energy to chemical fuels or electric power. Amongst her many contributions to academic and public life, Dr Archer is President of the National Energy Foundation, which promotes energy efficiency; Visiting Professor at Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology; Vice-Chairman of Addenbrooke's NHS Trust; and has served on the DTI Energy Advisory Panel and as a Trustee of the Science Museum. Dr Archer is a Companion of the Institute of Energy and was Chairman of the National Energy Foundation from 1988 to 2000.

Mary Archer obtained her PhD in physical chemistry at Imperial College, London. She spent 10 years as Official Fellow and College Lecturer in Chemistry at Newnham College, Cambridge, and Lector in Chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge. She is editor of a series of books published by Imperial College Press on Photoconversion of Solar Energy, with titles including Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics and Molecular to Global Photosynthesis.


 

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