MANAGING DIRECTORS
Halm, Andreas
Managing Director Module Development
Halm, Andreas
Education: Graduate physicist
Position: Managing director
Department: Module Development
Tasks:
- Customer acquisition and support
- Application for and support for publicly funded projects
Harney, Rudolf
Managing Director Industrial Solar Cells
Harney, Rudolf
Education: Graduate physicist
Position: Managing Director/Member of the Executive Committee
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- Board of Directors (internal organization)
- Support of industrial customers and acquisition
- Organization of national funding projects
- Head of the activities "Digitization of PV production"
Hoffmann, Petra
Managing Director Research Administration
Hoffmann, Petra
Education: Business economist, accountant and international balance sheet accounting
Postion: Managing Director
Department: Research Administration
Tasks:
- Control of administration and accounting
- Project controlling of publicly funded projects and industrial projects
Kopeček, Radovan Dr.
Managing Director Advanced Cell Concepts
Kopeček, Radovan Dr.
Education: Ph.D., graduate physicist
Position: Managing Director/Member of the Executive Committee
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- 2. Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Board member EUREC 2016
- Foundation of ATAMOSTEC 2018
Peter, Kristian Dr.
Managing Director Systems and Applications
Peter, Kristian Dr.
Education: Dr. rer. nat., graduate physicist
Position: Managing Director/Member of the Executive Committee
Department: Systems and Applications
Tasks:
- chairman of the board
- SmardGrid
- Energy storage systems
- Hydrogen and fuel cells
Wefringhaus, Eckard Dr.
Managing Director Quality Management
Wefringhaus, Eckard Dr.
Education: Diploma in Chemistry and PhD in Biogeographer
Position: Managing Director/Member of the Executive Committee
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Managing director quality management
OUR TEAM
Adrian, A.
Education: M.Sc. Regenerative energy systems
Position: PhD Student
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
Metallization of the solar cells
Development of the ultra-fine fingers using screen printing and laser printing processes
Arumughan, Jayaprasad Dr.
Education: Ph.D. Physics
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- Solar cell process development
- industrialization
Bucher, Ernst Prof. Dr.
Professor of Physics at the University of Konstanz
- Academic supervisor for many students
- Founding supporters
- Gold sponsor
Buchholz, Florian Dr.
Education: Ph.D. Study of Chemistry and English
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- research assistant and project manager
- Management of technology transfer projects
- Management of EU projects
- Developments in novel solar cell manufacturing processes
Buck, Thomas
Education: Graduate Physicist
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Founding member of the ISC
- Specialist in solar cell process technology - especially metallization and electrodes for solar cells
- Company first aid
Chaudhary, Aditya
Education: MSc Electrical Engineer - Electrical Sustainable Engineering
Position: Ph.D.-Student
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Screen Printing and optimisation of metallisation for Polysilicon passivated contacts
- Characterisation and as well as advancement in understanding of the silver-polysilicon contact
- Development of advanced metallisation process for TuKan cells
- Development of AlOx passivation for improving the efficiency of current solar cells
Chen, Ning
Education: BSc in Physics, and MSc in Engineering
Position: PhD Student
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Research on low-cost metallization and interconnection technologies
- Laser cut losses and edge recombination study
- Process development for IBC solar cells and modules
Chu, Haifeng Dr.
Education: Ph.D. physics - IBC silicon solar cells
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- varoius solar cell R&D topics
- process development (e.g. laser, screen printing and etc.)
- characterization for silicon solar cells
Comak, Mertcan
Education: Electrical & Electronic Engineer
Position: Process Technician
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Screen Printing Specialist
- Responsible for print of various type of solar cell metallization steps with high quality
Deck, Sabine
Position: Assistant to the management
Department: Research Administration
Tasks:
- Payroll and Social Security
- Secretarial duties
Devoto Acevedo, Maria Ignacia
Education: M.-Ing., Dipl.-Ing. Electrical engineering
Position: PhD Student
Department: Module Development
Tasks:
- Specialist for electrically conductive adhesives (ECAs) at module level
- Development, construction and programming of machines for material and sample characterization
- Software specialist for LabVIEW, COMSOL, LTSpice and similar programs
Diaz Perez, Pedro
Education: Graduate civil engineer (FH), specialization in structural engineering
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- IV measurements, PL / EL measurements of solar cells, line and contact resistance measurements
- Incoming inspection of new wafer material
- Support with metallization
- technical advice including solution proposals as well as CAD support in the production of factory sketches
Eisert, Stephan
Education: Dipl.-Ing (FH) environmental and process engineering
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Processes and system support for separation and diffusion systems
- Infrastructure and clean room
- Occupational safety and quality management
Eren, Tanju
Education: MSc Chemistry
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Operation and maintenance of thermal processes including PECVD, LPCVD and Diffusion systems
- Operations of technology development projects and process gas supply and treatment facilities
Farneda, Rüdiger
Education: laboratory and production technician
Position: Process Technician
Department: Module Development
Tasks:
- Manufacturing of solar modules
- Characterization of solar modules
- Execution of tests and experimental setups
Friedriszik, Steffen
Education: M.Eng. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Systems and Applications
Tasks:
- Design and testing of neural networks
- Further development of a company's own energy management system
- Setting up and maintaining Industry 4.0 communication systems
Gaffry, Katja
Education: Travel agent
Department: Research Administration
Tasks:
- Secretarial
- Administration
Glatz-Reichenbach, Joachim Dr.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. Physicist
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Systems and Applications
Tasks:
- Project management
- intelligent system and storage technology
- Development of renewable energies and bioeconomy
- Optical and electrical characterization
Halperina, Anna
Education: Business graduate accountant and auditor - international accountant - IHK Konstanz
Department: Research Administration
Tasks:
- Financial accounting
- Accounting
- Project management
Helfricht, Annette
Education: Dipl.-Ing. Inorganic non-metallic materials
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- alkaline surface structuring and its characterization
- Texture tests and other wet chemical processes for various industrial partners
- Industry cooperation - organizational tasks and planning
Hildebrand, Lejlja
Education: Chemical Technical Assistant (CTA)
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Quality management
- Wet chemistry
- Cleanroom responsibility
Hoß, Jan Dr.
Education: Ph.D. Physicist
Position: Research Scientist / Project Manager
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Development of solar cells with passivated contacts
- Deposition technologies for poly-crystalline silicon
Kholostov, Konstantin Dr.
Education: Ph.D. Electronic Engineering
Position: R&D Engineer/ Project Manager
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- R&D project manager
- development of PERC/PERT solar cell architectures
Koduvelikulathu, Lejo Joseph
Education: Bachelor Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Dr. B.A.Tech.; MSc Telecommunication Engineering and Professional Masters in Nano Micro Systems
Position: Group Leader
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- Leading a team within Industrial Solar Cells Department - responsible for close cooperation with our industrial partners
- Part of ISC- Technology transfer team - responsible for transferring thermal processes to industrial production lines
- Research encompasses simulation, process development and optimization of solar cell structures and metallisation induced recombination losses
Kuruganti, Vaibhav Venkat
Education: MSc Sustainable systems Engineer
Position: PhD Student
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Working on development and manufacturing cost effective IBC solar cells using APCVD dopant layers
- Support in the research of high efficiency n-type solar cells
- Support with the characterisation tools
Lemp, Engelbert
Education: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) physical engineering
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Quality Management
Tasks: infrastructure
Libal, Joris Dr.
Education: Ph.D. physics
Position: Project Manager Technology Transfer
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Project management technology transfer, management of R&D projects
- Techno-economic analysis of solar cell and module technologies
- Energy yield simulations and studies for bifacial PV systems
Lossen, Jan
Education: Graduate physicist
Position: Group Leader R&D
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Group Leader Passivated Contacts / Project Leader Process Transfer
- Development of new solar cell concepts with passivating contacts in the Advanced Cell Concepts department
- Transfer our developments to industrial customers
Mallig, Nicolai Dr.
Education: Dr.-Ing., Computer scientist
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- Digitization of production
- Digital twin
- Industry 4.0
Marczak, Rafael
Education: Chemical Technical Assistant (CTA), Certified VBA programmer
Position: Process Technician / Project Manager
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Quality management
- Technology transfer (India, China)
- Write macro codes (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, ...)
Mihailetchi, Valentin Dr.
Education: Ph.D. physics
Position: Group Leader R&D
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Tasks:
- Team leader and PhD students supervision
- Project management and acquisition
- Technology transfer and ramp-up production line
Minde, Adrian
Education: M.Eng. Full stack developer
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Systems and Applications
Tasks:
- Responsible for the development and architecture of software and IT solutions for use in smart grids and sector coupling systems
- Responsible and coordinating concerned with the institute's own models for predictive control and energy forecasting
Peter, Christoph
Education: MSc Physics / Mathematics
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Advanced Cell Concepts
Responsibilities:
- Supervision of customer orders and experiments in the area of advanced cell concepts
- Technology transfer
- characterization
Popescu, Lacramioara Dr.
Education: Ph.D., MSc Chemie und Physik
Position: R&D Engineer
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- experiments and laboratory planning, in order to meet customers requirements
- part of the PERC team at ISC Konstanz
- responsible for preparation and characterisation of Bifacial PERC cells
Reichenbach, Franz
Education: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Process and environmental engineering
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Systems and Applications
Tasks:
- Fuel cells
- Hydrogen technology
Rudolph, Dominik
Education: Dipl.-Ing. Microsystem technician
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Laser processes
- Cell development n-type and p-type IBC
- Metallization
Sarkadi, Monika
Education: Dipl. Cultural Anthropologist, Dipl. (FH) Foreign Trade
Position: Education and Development Cooperation / One World Regional Promoter
Department: Systems and Applications
Tasks:
- Development awareness and education work
- Head of the Konstanz solar learning workshop
- Coordination of social projects with solar energy
Sasidharan, Swaytha Dr.
Education: Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering; Masters in Telecommunications Engineering; Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technology
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Industrial Solar Cells
Tasks:
- Industry4.0 architecture to a digitally connected lab with SECS/GEM Interface Programming for communicating with photovoltaic production equipment
- Digital twins exploration for solar cells and equipment towards a self learning production facility
Schmid, Elina
Education: M.Sc. Chemistry
Position: R&D Engineer / Project Manager
Department: Quality Management
Tasks:
- Research assistant in the quality management department
- Development and implementation of wet chemical process steps in solar cell production
Schneider, Andreas Dr.
Education: Ph.D. physics
Position: Senior Advisor
Department: Module Technology
Tasks:
- Establishment and former management of the module group at ISC Konstanz
- Professorship in the field of components and circuits as well as renewable energies at the Westphalian University in the field of electrical engineering and applied natural sciences
- Supports the ISC with its expertise
Timofte, Tudor Lucian Dr.
Education: Ph.D. Chemist / materials scientist
Position: R&D Engineer/ Project Manager
Department: Module Dovelopment
Tasks:
- R&D engineering for PV modules (focus: PV materials, cell string and laminate production)
- Project management
- Analysis and characterization for PV materials / components and PV modules (focus: PV weathering, IV flasher, DSC)
Tune, Daniel Dr.
Education: B.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Ph.D. for "Carbon nanotube-silicon photovoltaics"
Position: R&D Engineer/ Project Manager
Department: Module Development
Tasks:
- R&D Project Manager in the Module Development Department
- Specialist in advanced and alternative PV module concepts
- Responsible for project design and oversight, research planning and execution management, design and prototyping of advanced tools for PV module production and characterisation
Ullmann, Ingo
Education: Dipl.Ing. (FH) Materials and Surface Technology
Position: Process Technician
Department: Module Development
Tasks:
- Construction of solar modules, weathering and characterization
- Supervision of the open-air test facility
- Preparation of reports on PV systems
Voigt, Nicola
Education: bank clerk, mediator
Department: Research Administration
Tasks:
- Accounting
- Project management
- Controlling
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