Teenager Naila Moloo wants to take solar panels and bioplastics to new heights

Written By Peter Allan

By Patricia Lane

Naila Moloo spends her high school vacations inventing new kinds of solar panels and bioplastics.

This 16-year-old has published two novels and co-hosts a podcast introducing other teens to the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). I chatted with her at her home in Ottawa.

Tell us about your research.

I am working with a researcher at the Toronto Metropolitan University attempting to use very thin glass and other innovative materials to explore the feasibility of designing solar panels that attach to many more surfaces than just roofs. I have a vision that our smartphones and windows draw power from the sun.

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