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Gerhard Stryi-Hipp
Country: Germany
Year Started Research: 2010 (industry 1994)
Title of Research: Fluid Flow Investigations of Bionic Absorbers Made
From Aluminium and Steel
University: Fraunhofer ISE
Still Active in Research: Yes

Gerhard Stryi-Hipp is a physicist and an interdisciplinary expert on technologies, market development and policies
in renewable energies and sustainable energy systems. From 1994 to 2008, he was managing director of the
German Solar Industry Association BSW-Solar. He worked on market support policy for solar thermal and solar
photovoltaic in Germany and Europe, on awareness campaigns, on quality assurance measures and technical
innovations of the sector. He advocates for intensified research on renewable heating and cooling and was 2005
one of the initiators of the German and European Solar Thermal Technology Platforms. Since its foundation in 2008
found different data, he is president of the European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling,
which developed a vision, a research agenda and a roadmap for the sector. In 2009 he moved to the Fraunhofer
Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE as Head of Energy Policy and Group Leader Solar Thermal Systems. Since
2015, he is the head of the group »Smart Cities«, a research group that is developing modelling tools to identify and
design cost-effective sustainable energy systems for cities and regions. Based on the modelling results, roadmaps
for the transformation of urban energy systems towards sustainability are developed. In addition, they develop and
coordinate Smart City lighthouse projects demonstrating and optimizing innovative technologies in energy, buildings,
electric mobility and ICT. More on his research: https://beta.explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_
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Thorsten Trupke
Country: Australia
Year Started Research: 1994
Title of Research: PV related topics
University: University of New South Wales
Still Active in Research: Yes

Thorsten Trupke is a Professor at the School for Photovoltaic (PV) Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW,
where he leads a research team of approximately 15 staff, students and postdoctoral fellows. He is also co-
founder and Chief Technical Officer of BT imaging, a Sydney based technology company providing high-
end photoluminescence imaging systems to the Photovoltaic R&D community and to PV manufacturers.
Thorsten started his career in PV research in 1994, at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, with a thesis on the
electroluminescence of silicon solar cells, performed under the supervision and guidance of Prof Peter Würfel.
Thorsten has performed leading-edge and widely published research on numerous PV related topics across many
different areas. As a postdoctoral Fellow he proposed, theoretically analysed and first demonstrated the concepts
of combining solar cells with luminescence up- and/or down conversion. His work on the design and development
of novel characterisation methods, including the invention and first demonstration of photoluminescence imaging in
2005, has revolutionized the measurement and characterization of silicon samples and devices. This work has had
wide-ranging implications and benefits for PV research and development worldwide. The methods developed by
Thorsten and his team, as well as the instruments commercialized by BT Imaging, have become standard tools across
the world and are used on a daily basis, both in research labs and in high volume manufacturing. They continue to be
crucial elements in the rapid improvement of silicon solar cell technology and associated cost reductions. Thorsten’s
impact and the quality and relevance of his work have been recognized by numerous awards, including the 2017
Engineers Australia Entrepreneur of the Year Award and most recently the prestigious 2019 Clunies Ross Innovation
Award. Thorsten has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) since 2016.

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