Mathematik/Physik/Chemie

Photovoltaik, Optik

• Publikationen (79)
• Patente (1)
• Vorträge / Veranstaltungen (38)
• Betreute Promotionen (10)
• Begutachtungen (22)
• Mitgliedschaften (5)

​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  03/2025)

~85 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, thereof 16 as first and 40 as corresponding/last author, including: Nature Nanotechnology, Advances in Optics and Photonics, Nano Letters, Advanced Optical Materials, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Solar RRL, Nanoscale, Nanophotonics, ACS Photonics, Optics Express. h-index of 31 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 12 PhD theses, thereof 10 completed and 3 ongoing. Main/daily supervisor of 13 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 (2021-2024)

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)​

• Fachbereich 1: Ingenieurwissenschaften - Energie und Information
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• Fachgruppe Mathematik/Physik/Chemie
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