Plenary & Keynote Speakers
Plenary Speakers
* Last name alphabetical order
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Dr. Timothy J. Anderson
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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- Dr. Timothy J. Anderson
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- (Title: To be announced.)
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Biography
EDUCATION: Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. 1980 University of California Berkeley, CA
M.S. 1975 University of California Berkeley, CA
B.S. 1973 Iowa State University Ames, IA
POSITION HELD:
2019-Present Distinguished Professor, Chem. Eng. Dept., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2013-2019 Dean, College of Engineering and Distinguished Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2013-Present Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Chem. Eng. Dept., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL
2008-2013 Distinguished Professor, Chemical Eng. Dept., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL
2008-2013 Director of the Florida Energy Systems Consortium (Statewide).
2003-2008 Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
AWARDS (External):
2018 Anson Marston Medal (Iowa State University)
2016 Cahn Prize Finalist (with C.P. Muzzillo and C.E. Campbell)
2013 Chester F. Carlson Award (ASEE)
2011 Neva Gibbons Lectureship (4th), University of South Carolina
2011 Technology Innovator Recipient (UF)
2007 Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering Education (AIChE)
2007 Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering (PACE) Award, Iowa State University
2006 Elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
2005 Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
2005 ConocoPhillips Lectureship (39th): Oklahoma State University
2004 Benjamin J. Dasher Award FIE Conf. (with M. Ohland, G. Zhang and B. Thorndyke) (IEEE)
2003 Tis Lihiri Lectureship: Vanderbilt University
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Dr. Michael Graetzel
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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- Dr. Michael Graetzel
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- (Title: To be announced.)
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Biography
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Dr. Yongfang Li
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Dr. Yongfang Li
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- (Title: To be announced.)
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Biography
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Dr. Ralf B. Wehrspohn
Fraunhofer
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- Dr. Ralf B. Wehrspohn
- Fraunhofer
- (Title: To be announced.)
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Biography
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Since 10/2019 Executive Vice President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V., Technology Marketing and Business Models
2018–2019 Head of Fraunhofer Group for Materials and Components – MATERIALS
Since 2006 W3 professor for experimental physics at the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, chair of Microstructure-based Materials Design
2006–2019 Institute director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems, Halle
2003–2006 C4 professor for experimental physics at the University of Paderborn, chair of Nanophotonic Materials
1999–2003 Leader of a junior research group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle in the field of the application of porous materials
1998–1999 Research assistant at the Philips Research Laboratories, Redhill, England. Research in the field of thin film technologies, i.a. flat panel displays
1995–1997 Doctoral candidate at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and at the École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
1990–1995 Studies of physics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and the École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
AWARDS/HONORS
2004 One of the 101 most important minds in Germany awarded by Financial Times Deutschland
2003 TR100 young innovators award of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize of the German Science Foundation (DFG)
2002 Innovations award of Dow Chemical Deutschland
Keynote Speakers
* Last name alphabetical order
TOP
The 30th International Photovoltaic Science 
Dr. Ralph Gottschalg
Faunhofer CSP Lab
Dr. Jang Won Seo
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)
Dr. Noritaka Usami
Nagoya University
Dr. He Yan
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology