Dr. Laurie Burnham is a principal member of the technical staff and a photovoltaics researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, where she leads multiple efforts to improve the long-term performance and reliability of our nation’s solar sector, including a six-year investigation into connector reliability. In addition, she oversees the US DOE Regional Test Centers for Emerging Solar Technologies, which support cross-climate studies of new components and systems; chairs the Photovoltaic Collaborative to Advance Multi-climate Performance and Energy Research (PV CAMPER), a 12-member global organization; leads an International Energy Agency subtask on extreme weather and photovoltaics; and chairs Sandia’s newly formed Solar Industry Advisory Board.