Christoph Brabec
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Biography
Christoph J. Brabec received his PhD (1995) in Physical Chemistry from Linz University, Austria, and joined the group of Alan Heeger at UC Santa Barbara (USA) for a sabbatical.
His career includes:
- SIEMENS research labs (project leader) in 2001
- Konarka in 2004 (CTO)
- Erlangen University (FAU - Professor for Material Science) in 2009
- ZAE Bayern e.V. (scientific director and board member) in 2010
- being spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films (IZNF) in 2013
- becoming the director at FZ Jülich (IEK-11) in 2018
- being spokesperson of the profile center “FAU Solar” in 2023
Christoph's research interests include all aspects of solution processing organic, hybrid and inorganic semiconductor devices with a strong focus on photovoltaics and renewable energy systems. His combined scientific and technological interests have supported the spin-out of companies.
He has published over 800 peer reviewed articles, 100 patents and several books and book chapters. Thompson Reuters lists him for the last years consecutively as a highly cited researcher (HRC).
RSC affiliations
Advisory board, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Editorial board, Energy & Environmental Science