Her Resonate Award winning work explores how nanomaterials can enhance energy technologies and lower their costs. By embedding nanocrystals in electroresponsive glass, she was the first to demonstrate that smart window technology could be made that independently controls heat and light coming from the sun, which can save energy and optimize thermal comfort in buildings. Delia received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and later worked for IBM’s research division and for the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where she served as the Director of the Inorganic Nanostructures Facility and later as the Deputy Director. In 2012, she co-founded Heliotrope Technologies, a start-up company developing smart window technology. Learn More