Talks

Woods-Robinson, R. (2021, Feb. 10). Silicon solar cells: illuminating barriers from the nano-scale to the "scientist-scale." Virtual poster presentation at the 2021 Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Energy Summit, Berkeley, CA. (virtual)

Woods-Robinson, R. (2020, July 30). The case for contacts: enabling high efficiency thin film solar cells. Virtual poster presentation at the 2020 virtual Materials Project Workshop. Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson. R. (2020, July 30). Exploring New Alloy Systems with Pymatgen. Virtual oral presentation and lesson at the 2020 virtual Materials Project Workshop. Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R., et al. (2020, June 15). Evaluating materials design parameters of hole-selective contacts in silicon solar cells, and a nickel oxide case study. Virtual oral presentation at the IEEE 47th Photovoltaics Specialists’ Conference (PVSC) 2020. Various locations.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2020, Apr. 18). Solar Searching: Clever Contacts to Combat Climate Change. TED@Home. Webinar based in Oxford, UK.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2020, Mar. 6). Solar energy, community engagement, and sustainable adventure. Guest lecture and discussion at UC Berkeley Decal course “Environmental Justice & Solar Energy in California.” Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2020, Mar. 3). Synthesis and characterization of metastable Zn-Zr-N. Oral presentation at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, 2020. Denver, CO. [cancelled due to COVID-19]

Woods-Robinson, R. (2020, Feb. 6). Cu-Zn-S: A new earth-abundant back contact for high efficiency CdTe solar cells? Poster presentation at the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Energy Summit, Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2019, Sep. 13). Computation-Informed Search for p-type Transparent Semiconductors. Invited seminar at MESA+ Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2019, Aug. 23). Computation-Informed Search for p-type Transparent Semiconductors. Invited seminar at MARVEL Seminar Series, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2019, May 30). Leveraging high-throughput computation and combinatorial synthesis to predict p-type transparent chalcogenides. Oral presentation at the European Materials Research Society (e-MRS) Spring Meeting, 2019, Nice, France.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2019, Jan. 31). A Tale of Solar Energy, Community Engagement and Sustainable Adventure. Guest lecture and discussion at UC Berkeley Decal Course “Environmental Justice and Solar Energy.” Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2019, Jan. 11). How can the Materials Project database be useful for PV experimentalists? Invited seminar at the PV-Lab at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Woods-Robinson, R., Dwaraknath, S., Broberg, D., Zakutayev, A., Persson, K. (2018, Nov. 26). The Search for p-Type Transparent Conducting Chalcogenides. Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, 2018, Boston, MA.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2018, Oct. 16). A Tale of Solar Energy, Community Engagement and Sustainable Adventure. Guest lecture and discussion at UC Berkeley Decal Course “Sustainable Energy.” Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R., Dwaraknath, S., Broberg, D., Zakutayev, A., Persson, K. (2018, Sep. 11). High throughput computational exploration of multinary chalcogenides as p-type transparent semiconductors. Oral presentation at the 21st International Conference on Ternary and Multinary Compounds (ICTMC-21), Boulder, CO.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2018, Jul. 11). Combinatorial Investigation into the Phase Space of P-Type Transparent Cu-Zn-S. Poster presentation at the 7thAnnual International School for Materials for Energy and Sustainability (ISMES VII), Erice, Italy.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2018, Jun. 15). P-type transparent conductor Cu-Zn-S: structural considerations and photovoltaic applications. Invited oral presentation at the 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), Waikoloa, HI.

Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2018, Apr. 4-5). Cycle for Science: Teaching Interactive, Approachable STEM Across America via Bicycle. Poster presentation and demo at the Outreach Session of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, 2018, Phoenix, AZ.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2018, Apr. 4). High Throughput Screening of P-Type Transparent Chalcogenide Candidates. Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, 2018, Phoenix, AZ.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2018, Apr. 3). Combinatorial Investigation into the Phase Space of P-Type Transparent Cu-Zn-S. Poster presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, 2018, Phoenix, AZ.

Heyer, H., Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2018, Feb 22). Cycle for Science: Teaching Interactive, Approachable STEM Across America via Bicycle. Poster presentation at the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) 2018 Energy Summit, Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2018, Feb. 7). Solar Energy, Community Engagement and Adventure. Guest lecture and discussion at UC Berkeley Decal Course “Environmental Justice & Solar Energy in California.” Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2017, Dec. 15). Cycle for Science: An informal outreach program connecting K-12 students with renewable energy and physics through miniature 3D-printed, solar-powered bicycles. Poster presentation at the 2017 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Woods-Robinson, R., Siegler, M., Paige, D. A. (2016, Dec. 13). Developing a New Thermophysical Model for Lunar Regolith Soil at Low Temperatures. Poster presentation at the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2016, Jul. 14). Cycle for Science: Grizzlies, Crowdfunding, and STEM, OH MY! A bicycle journey across America and into science classrooms. Oral presentation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Undergraduate Internship Programs (SULI, CCI, BLUR, VFP Student, BLUFF Student) Brown Bag Meeting, Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2016, May 31). Cu-Zn-S Materials for Photovoltaics. Poster presentation at the 2016 C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium, 2016, Stanford, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2016, Apr. 18). Cycle for Science: A bicycle journey across America and into science classrooms. Oral presentation at the All QESST Vidyo Conference, 2016, webinar. 

Woods-Robinson, R., Cooper, J., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2016, Apr. 5). Copper-Alloyed Zinc Sulfide: Understanding structure and conductivity of an earth abundant, room temperature processed p-type transparent conductor. Invited seminar at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.

Woods-Robinson, R., Cooper, J., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2016, Mar. 31). Copper-Alloyed Zinc Sulfide: Understanding structure and conductivity of an earth abundant, room temperature processed p-type transparent conductor. Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, 2016, Phoenix, AZ.

Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2016, Mar. 28, Mar. 30). Cycle for Science: Grizzlies, Crowdfunding, and STEM, OH MY! A bicycle journey across America and into science classrooms. Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, 2016, Phoenix, AZ.

Woods-Robinson, R., Case, E. (2016, Mar. 3). Cycle for Science: An Adventure into Crowdfunded Science Education. Oral presentation at Cornell Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering SiGMA Seminar, Ithaca, NY.

Woods-Robinson, R., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2016, Feb. 22). Copper-Alloyed Zinc Sulfide: An earth abundant, room temperature processed p-type transparent conductor for photovoltaic applications. Invited seminar at EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland.

Woods-Robinson, R., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2016, Feb. 15). Copper-Alloyed Zinc Sulfide: An earth abundant, room temperature processed p-type transparent conductor for photovoltaic applications. Invited seminar at the Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials (LMSC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Woods-Robinson, R., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2015, Oct. 19). Understanding structure and conductivity in Cu-Zn-S: a low-temperature synthesized p- type transparent conductor. Poster presented at the 2015 Bi-annual Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium Fall Meeting, Berkeley, CA. 

Woods-Robinson, R., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2015, Oct. 8). The Cu-Zn-S Phase Space: Unlocking the mysteries of promising p-type transparent conductors at SSRL. Poster presented at the SSRL / LCLS Annual Users' Meeting & Workshop 2015, Menlo Park, CA. Link to abstract. Link to poster.

Woods-Robinson, R.; Cooper, J., Xu, X., Ager III, J.W. (2015, Apr. 9). Copper-Alloyed Zinc Sulfide: A Room Temperature Processed p-type Transparent Material with Record Conductivity. Oral presentation at the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, 2015. San Francisco, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R.; Faghaninia, A., Cooper, J.K., Pham, H.H., Lo, C.C., Wang, L.-W., Sharp, I.D., Ager III, J.W. (2015, Mar. 4). Carrier scattering mechanisms in p-type transparent copper-alloyed ZnS. Oral presentation at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, 2015. San Antonio, TX.

Woods-Robinson, R. & Ager III, J.W. (2014, Oct. 16). Copper-alloyed ZnS as a p-type transparent conductor: exploring material properties and PV applications. Poster presented at the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Energy Summit, Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. & Ager III, J.W. (2014, Oct. 6). Copper-alloyed ZnS as a p-type transparent conductor: exploring material properties and PV applications. Poster presented at the 2014 Bi-annual Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium Fall Meeting, Berkeley, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. & Ager III, J.W. (2014, May 12). Deposition strategies for p-type transparent conducting materials. Poster presented at the 2014 Bi-annual Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium Spring Meeting, Stanford, CA.

Woods-Robinson, R. & Paige, D.A. (2014, Mar. 18). Low Temperature Thermal Properties of Lunar Soil. Poster presented at the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), The Woodlands, TX.

Woods-Robinson, R. & Tinjum, J. (2014, Mar. 8). Life Cycle Assessment of Ground Source Heat Pumps and Comparison with Conventional HVAC Methods. Poster presented at the APS Third Conference on the Physics of Sustainable Energy, UC Berkeley.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2014, Feb. 12). Low-Temperature Thermophysical Properties of Lunar Soil. Oral presentation at the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment Team Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2013, Oct. 29). Life Cycle Assessment of a Deep Insulated Single Hole (DISH) Ground Source Heat Pump and Comparison with Conventional Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC) Methods. Poster presented at the Conference of Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student Scholarship, Arlington, VA.

Woods-Robinson, R. (2013, Aug. 12). Are Geothermal Heat Pumps Really “Carbon Neutral”? A comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to determine the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of the Deep Insulated Single Hole (DISH) Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP). Oral presentation at the Energy Geotechnics REU Presentation Session, Madison, WI.