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Professor Michael D. McGehee and his team are advancing tandem solar cells—pairing silicon with a high-efficiency material called perovskite—that could significantly improve the economics of renewable energy. While the technology shows great promise, making perovskites durable enough for commercial use remains a key challenge. In October 2025, just as the research was gaining momentum, the Trump administration abruptly terminated the team’s federal grant.

Three Chemical and Biological Engineering professors, Jason A. Burdick, Michael D. McGehee and Michael F. Toney were featured among highly cited researchers in 2025.

A Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ-led team working to improve solar panel technology has lost part of its $9.2 million Department of Energy grant due to funding cuts during the government shutdown. TEAMUP Project Director Michael McGehee said $5.6 million will be lost, even though the three-and-a-half-year project, which began in 2023, had consistently received excellent evaluations.

In a paper published in the journal Nature Energy, Professor Michael McGehee and his international collaborators unveiled an innovative method to manufacture new solar cells, known as perovskite cells, an achievement critical for the commercialization of the next generation of solar technology.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s East Campus is now home to the High-Sensitivity Low-Energy Ion Scattering (HS-LEIS) Spectrometer, a tool researchers from across the Rocky Mountain region will use for advanced materials characterization and analysis.

Two faculty from ChBE were recognized at highly cited researchers for 2021.

Eight researchers affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are on this year’s list of Highly Cited Researchers, with many familiar names from the 2020 list.

Professors Michael McGehee and Timothy White.The department is pleased to welcome two new professors to the faculty: Michael D. McGehee and Timothy J. White.McGehee joins the department from Stanford University, where he has served on the materials