Joachim Luther

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Joachim Luther
Born (1941-03-31) March 31, 1941 (age 83)
Hannover
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover
Known forResearch on solar energy, development of high-efficiency solar cells
AwardsBecquerel Prize (2005), Environment Prize of the German Environment Foundation (2005), Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental Physics
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
InstitutionsUniversity of Oldenburg
University of Freiburg
Fraunhofer ISE
SERIS
Thesis  (1970)


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Joachim Luther

Joachim Luther (born 31 March 1941 in Hannover, Germany) received his PhD in experimental physics at the Leibniz University Hannover in 1970.

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Academic career

In 1974, Luther became professor of physics at the newly founded University of Oldenburg. [1] In the beginning of the 1980s, his scientific interest shifted towards renewable energy sources, in particular solar power. In 1987, he became dean of the physics faculty at this university.

In 1993, he accepted a call to become professor of solid-state physics at the University of Freiburg in Southern Germany and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in this city at the same time. He succeeded Adolf Goetzberger in these functions. In the following years, Luther established this institute as the largest research center for solar energy in Europe. During his tenure, various solar cells with world-record characteristics at the time were developed at ISE:

Professor Luther retired from ISE in 2006. In 2008, he was asked by the Government of Singapore to set-up and head the newly founded Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). [3] In 2012, he returned to Germany, where he is director emeritus of ISE.

Memberships

List provided by the German Environment Foundation. [4]

He was Editor-in-Chief of the Solar Energy published by Elsevier from 1999 to 2002.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Luther, Joachim. Munzinger Archive, 11 March 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Solar-Akteure: Prof. Joachim Luther. Archived 2019-01-05 at the Wayback Machine SolarServer.de, 8 June 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2019
  3. ↑ Photovoltaic pionier celebrates birthday: Professor Dr. Joachim Luther turns 75. Fraunhofer Institute ISE, Press release, 31 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 Vita Prof. Dr. Joachim Luther. Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, 5 October 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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