Chioke Harris joined NREL in 2017. His research focuses on the application of fundamental heat transfer and materials science to the development of high-performance building components. He is particularly interested in the development of novel opaque insulation and window frame materials using nano-scale approaches to reduce their thermal conductivity. 

Ultra-low thermal conductivity materials

Building-to-grid and vehicle-to-grid energy storage strategies

Electricity (ancillary service) market design for demand-side resource participation

Prior to NREL, Harris was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office. In that role, Harris codeveloped a software tool for evaluating the long-term energy impacts of novel building technologies and supported project management for windows and opaque envelope R&D. His research background is in electricity market modeling and simulation of energy storage for grid applications.