“My GCSP focus was making solar energy economical. My experiences through GCSP showed me real-world impacts of technologies we develop in the lab. I received funding from GCSP to travel to California to install free solar panels for underserved communities and to travel to Argentina to install solar water heaters for a developing community. Seeing real families benefit from solar technologies was incredibly impactful and provided motivation for my research. GCSP also allowed me to attend a multiphysics numerical simulation conference, where I presented my research and won a Best Paper Award. I look forward to continuing to develop novel solar technologies during my time at Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar!”