Mathematik/Physik/Chemie

Photovoltaik, Optik

• Publikationen (70)
• Patente (1)
• Vorträge / Veranstaltungen (33)
• Betreute Promotionen (9)
• Begutachtungen (18)
• Mitgliedschaften (4)

​Scientific vita

Since 2021   Head of Department “Optics for Solar Energy” at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB)

Since 2014   Professor for physics at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin

2017  Guest Scientist, Lund University/NanoLund, Sweden

2012–2020   Young Investigator Group Leader at HZB (BMBF, NanoMatFutur)

2007–2012   PostDoc at HZB

2006   PhD in physics, KIT

Research interests

photovoltaics; light management; nanotexturing; optical simulations; tandem solar cells; bifacial solar cells; perovskite and silicon solar cells; energy yield calculations; spectral conversion

Publication summary (as of  02/2024)

~80 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, thereof 16 as first and 35 as corresponding/last author, including: Nature Nanotechnology (IF 39), Nano Letters (IF 13), Advanced Optical Materials (IF 10), Solar RRL (IF 9), Nanoscale (IF 8), Nanophotonics (IF 7), ACS Photonics (IF 7), Optics Express (IF 4). h-index of 29 according to Google Scholar. >15 invited talks at international conferences, thereof 3 plenary/keynote lectures. 6 patents.

PhD, master & bachelor theses

Main/daily supervisor of 11 PhD theses, thereof 8 completed and 3 ongoing. Main/daily supervisor of 12 completed master theses and 1 bachelor thesis. External evaluator of 4 PhD theses at University of Amsterdam, TU Delft, Australian National University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Selected memberships

Associate editor of Optics Express (Optica)

Scientific Advisory Board member of the Research School at HTW Berlin (2018-2022)

Coordinator of the Helmholtz Excellence Network SOLARMATH (2019-2021)

Scientific committee of European Photovoltaics Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (since 2023)​

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