Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization

Faculty and Staff


Primary Contacts

Faculty Title
Robert Collins Scientific Director
Michael Heben Managing Director
Adam Phillips Lab Manager
Chad McElvany Facilities Manager

Associated Faculty

Faculty Department Area of Research
Jacques Amar Physics and Astronomy Thin Film Modeling
Defne Apul Civil & Environmental Eng. Environ. Impacts
Terry Bigioni Chemistry Nanotech. PV
Robert Collins Physics and Astronomy Optics and Thin Film PV
Alvin Compaan Physics and Astronomy Thin Film CdTe PV
Xunming Deng Physics and Astronomy Thin Film Si PV
Randy Ellingson Physics and Astronomy Nanotech. and Thin Film PV
Daniel Georgiev Electrical Eng. & Computer Science Nanotech. and Thin Film Devices
Michael Heben Physics and Astronomy Nanotech. and Thin Film PV
Raghav Khanna Electrical Eng. & Computer Science Renewable Energy Integration
Sanjay Khare Physics and Astronomy Materials Modeling
Dengbing Li Physics and Astronomy Thin Film PV
Glenn Lipscomb Chemical Eng. Energy and Biofuel Production
Adam Phillips Physics and Astronomy Nanotech. and Thin Film PV
Nikolas Podraza Physics and Astronomy Optics and Thin Film PV
Balaji Ramanujam Physics and Astronomy Optics
Zhaoning Song Physics and Astronomy Thing Film PV
Thomas Stuart Electrical Eng. & Computer Science Renewable Energy Integration
Yanfa Yan Physics and Astronomy Thin Film PV

Jacques Amar
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-2259
Jacques Amar head shot   Theoretical condensed matter physics, materials science, surface physics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Nanomaterials

Defne Apul
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-8132
Defne Apul head shot   Design of infrastructures to reduce environmental impacts
Projects with PVIC: Environmental Impacts

Terry Bigioni
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-4095
Terry Bigioni head shot   Synthesizing and processing molecular nanoparticles
Projects with PVIC: Nanomaterials

Robert Collins
NEG Endowed Chair
Website
Email
419-530-4903
Robert Collins head shot   Condensed matter physics, optical properties of solids and thin solid films
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, CIGS, Tandems, Optical Properties, Energy Production and Grid Integration, Instrument Development

Alvin Compaan
Professor Emeritus
Lucintech CTO
Website
Email
Alvin Compaan head shot   Condensed matter physics, materials science, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe

Xunming Deng
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-4782
Xunming Deng head shot   Materials science, thin films, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: Photoelectrochemical Cells

Randy Ellingson
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-2648
Randy Ellingson head shot   Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, photophysics of semiconductors, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Perovskite, Optical Properties, Energy Production and Grid Integration, Environmental Impacts, Instrument Development, Nanomaterials

Daniel Georgiev
Associate Professor
Website
Email
419-530-8184
Daniel Georgiev head shot   Thin films semiconducting oxides, nanomaterials, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: Magnetic Materials

Michael Heben
McMaster Endowed Chair
Website
Email
419-530-3870
Michael Heben head shot   Nanoscience, materials for energy conversion and storage
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Perovskite, Tandems, Optical Properties, Energy Production and Grid Integration, Environmental Impacts, Instrument Development, Nanomaterials, Magnetic Materials

Raghav Khanna
Assistant Professor
Website
Email
419-530-8183
Raghav Khanna head shot   Power electronics, renewable energy integration
Projects with PVIC: Energy Production and Grid Integration

Sanjay Khare
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-2292
Sanjay Khare head shot   Theoretical condensed matter physics, materials science
Projects with PVIC: CdTe

Dengbing Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
Website
Email
Dengbing Li head shot   Materials science, condensed matter, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Other Absorber Materials, Optical Properties

Glenn Lipscomb
Professor
Website
Email
419-530-8088
Glenn Lipscomb head shot   Membrane separation science, osmotic systems, biofuels
Projects with PVIC: Energy Production and Grid Integration

Chad McElvany
Facilities Manager
Email
419-530-3884
    Instrument Development
Role with PVIC: Maintain Deposition and Characterization Equimpment, Develop Additional Lab Space, Develop New Deposition Equipment

Adam Phillips
Research Associate Professor
Website
Email
419-530-3884
Adam Phillips head shot   Materials science, photovoltaics, nanomaterials
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Perovskite, Tandems, Optical Properties, Energy Production and Grid Integration, Environmental Impacts, Instrument Development, Nanomaterials, Magnetic Materials

Nikolas Podraza
Associate Professor
Website
Email
419-530-4905
Nikolas Podraza head shot   Condensed matter, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Perovskite, Other Absorbers, Optical Properties, Instrument Development, Nanomaterials

Balaji Ramanujam
Research Associate
Website
Email
Balaji Ramanujam head shot   Optical modeling, instrument development
Projects with PVIC: Optical Properties, Instrument Development

Zhaoning Song
Research Associate Professor
Website
Email
419-530-3785
Zhaoning Song head shot   Materials science, condensed matter, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Perovskite, Tandems, Optical Properties, Environmental Impacts, Instrument Development

Thomas Stuart
Professor Emeritus
Personal Website
Email
419-530-8189
Thomas Stuart head shot   Power electronics, battery management, real time embedded systems
Projects with PVIC: Energy Production and Grid Integration

Yanfa Yan
ORSP Endowed Chair
Website
Email
419-530-3918
Yanfa Yan head shot   Materials science, condensed matter, photovoltaics
Projects with PVIC: CdTe, Perovskite, Other Absorber Materials, Tandems, Photoelectrochemical Cells, Optical Properties, Environmental Impacts, Instrument Development
Last Updated: 6/27/22