About PVSC
Past Awardees
39th PVSC, Tampa, FL June 16-21, 2012
Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts for Future Technologies:
Stefan Fischer
Area 2, Chalcogenide Thin FIlm Solar Cells and Related Materials
Lukas Kranz
Area 3, III-V & Concentrator Technologies:
Stephanie Tomasulo
Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics:
Brett J Hallam
Area 5, Thin Film Silicon based PV technologies:
Jonathon Dore
Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
John Mudrick
Area 7, Space Technologies:
No Winner
Area 8, Characterization Methods:
Kay-Michael Guenther
Area 9, PV Modules & Terrestrial Systems:
Daniel Cormode
Area 10, Reliability of PV:
Norbert Biderman
Area 11, PV Velocity Forum:
Joachim Seel
38th PVSC, Austin, TX June 3-8, 2012
Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts for Future Technologies:
Hiromasa Fujii
Area 2, Thin Film Polycrystalline Photovoltaics:
James Moore
Area 3, III-V & Concentrator Technologies:
Kyusang Lee
Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics:
Maxime Forster
Area 5, Thin Film Silicon based PV technologies:
Dominic Gerlach
Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
Kejia Li
Area 7, Space Technologies:
Akhil Mehrotra
Area 8, PV Characterization:
Puruswottam Aryal
Area 9, PV Modules & Terrestrial Systems:
Matthew Lave
Area 10, PV Velocity Forum:
No Winner
37th PVSC, Seattle, WA June 19-24, 2011
Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts:
Louise C. Hirst (Winner)
Christopher G. Bailey (Runner Up)
Area 2, Chalcogenide Thin Films:
Hamed Simchi (Winner)
Adam Krysztopa (Runner Up)
Area 3, III-V & Concentrators:
Ngai L. A. Chan (Winner)
Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Technologies:
Robert Woehl (Winner)
Jiun-Hong Lai (Runner Up)
Area 5, Amorphous, Nano, & Film Silicon:
Mathieu Boccard (Winner)
Sourabh Dongaonkar (Runner Up)
Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
Brian E. Lassiter
Area 7, Space Technologies:
Zachary S. Bittner
Area 8, PV Characterization:
Joel Weber
Area 9, PV Modules & Systems:
Ye Zhao
Area 10, PV Velocity Forum:
No Winner
35th PVSC, Honolulu, HI June 20-25, 2010
Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts:
Yu Wen
Area 2, CIGS & CdTe:
Adrian Chirila
Area 3, III-V & Concentrators:
Jason H. Karp
Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Technologies:
Simeon C. Baker-Finch
Area 5, Amorphous, Nano, & Film Silicon:
Tobias Sontheimer
Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
Claudio Girotto
Area 7, Space Technologies:
Rene Kellenbenz
Area 8, PV Characterization:
Paul Gundel
Area 9, PV Modules & Systems:
Edgardo J. Mendez-Delgado
Area 10, Gigawatt Scale Manufacturing:
Annick Anctil
34th PVSC, Philadelphia, PA June 20-25, 2010
Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts for Future Technologies:
Jessica Adams
Area 2, II-VI & Related Technologies:
Victor Plotnikov
Area 3, III-V & Concentrator Technologies:
Michael Harris
Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Technologies:
Robert Bock
Area 5, Amorphous, Nano and Film Si Technologies:
Lila Dahal
Area 6, Space Technologies:
Raymond Hoheisel
Area 7, PV Modules and System Components:
Ulrich Eitner
Area 8, Terrestrial Systems:
Brian Azzopardi
33th PVSC, San Diego, CA June, 2008
Area 1, Inorganic Nanostructures:
Katsuaki Tanabe (Winner)
Woo-Jun Yoon (Honorable Mention)
Som N. Dahal (Honorable Mention)
Area 2, CdTe and CIGS Deposition:
Jian Li (Winner);
Hadley F. Myers (Honorable Mention)
Area 3, Concentrator Modules, Components and Systems (I)
Gerhard Peharz (Winner)
Luke D Reed (Honorable Mention)
Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Surface and Bulk Passivation:
Manav Sheoran (Winner)
Bianca Lim (Honorable Mention)
Martin Hermle (Honorable Mention)
Area 5, High Efficiency Amorphous, Nano/Microcrystalline, and Thin Film Si Solar Cells:
Gregory Bugnon (Winner)
Ihsanul A Yunaz (Honorable Mention)
Area 6, Space Photovoltaics:
Cory D. Cress (Winner)
Jara Fernandez (Honorable Mention)
Area 7, PV Modules:
Johannes Kuurne (Winner)
