Prof. Dr. Christiane Becker
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet
Mathematik/Physik/Chemie
Schwerpunkte
Photovoltaik, Optik
Forschungsaktivitäten
Werdegang
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 05/2024)
~80 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, thereof 16 as first and 36 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 30 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 9 completed and 4 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)
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)
Sprechzeiten
Funktion und Organisationseinheit
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Fachbereich 1: Ingenieurwissenschaften - Energie und Information
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Fachgruppe Mathematik/Physik/Chemie
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