Portrait Ralph Gottschalg

Main Research

• Performance of photovoltaic devices and systems 
  
• Life cycle prognosis and evaluation
• Quality assurance of systems and components
• Applied metrology

Academic Resumé

• since 2018
  
  Director Fraunhofer-Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP, Department Reliability and Technology for Grid Parity
  
  
• since 2018
  
  Professor of Photovoltaic Energy Systems at  Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen
  
  
• 2004-2018
  
  Professor of Applied Photovoltaics at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
  
  
• 2004-2009
  
  Advanced Research Fellow, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC, UK
  
  
• 2000-2004
  
  Researcher at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
  
  
• 1996-2000
  
  Part Time Researcher at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University , UK
  
  
• 1995-1996
  
  Research Engineer, Energy Research Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe

Educational Background

• 2001 PhD Viva
  
  
• 1996-2000
  
  PhD titled ‘Environmental Influences on the Performance of Thin Film Solar Cells’, Loughborough University, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), UK
  
  
• 1994-1995
  
  MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), UK, specializing in solar cells, with a thesis on amorphous silicon solar cell energy prediction
  
  
• 1990-1999
  
  Physics (Diplom), specializing in solar cells and computer science. Thesis on thin film solar cell performance in different environments, University Fridericiana, Karlsruhe   
  

Publications

see Researchgate