Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg

Department 6 - Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Director Fraunhofer CSP Department Reliability and Technology for Grid Parity

Educational Background

12/2001: PhD Viva
05/1996 - 04/2000: PhD titled ‘Environmental Influences on the Performance of Thin Film Solar Cells’, Loughborough University, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), UK
10/1994 - 09/1995: 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
10/1990 - 09/1999: Physics (Diplom), specializing in solar cells and computer science. Thesis on thin film solar cell performance in different environments, University Fridericiana, Karlsruhe

Scientific Career

since 04/2018: Director Fraunhofer-Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP, Department Reliability and Technology for Grid Parity
since 04/2018: Professor of Photovoltaic Energy Systems at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen
10/2004 - 04/2018: Professor of Applied Photovoltaics at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
10/2004 - 09/2009: Advanced Research Fellow, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC, UK
06/2000 - 09/2004: Researcher at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
09/1996 - 04/2000: Part Time Researcher at the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University , UK
10/1995 - 04/1996: Research Engineer, Energy Research Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe

Main Research Areas

Publications

Professor - Dept. 6 EMW
Ralph.Gottschalg@hs-anhalt.de
Phone: +49 (0) 3496 67 2351
Geb. 01 - Rotes Gebäude
Dachgeschoss
Raum 415
Bernburger Straße 55
D-06366 Köthen

Responsibilities
Photovoltaische Energiesysteme

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