--- title: "About Us | SOLARLab" description: "SolarLab is the consortium of all researchers in the Netherland active in photovoltaics research. Solarlab brings together >50 research groups active in PV that supervise >150 PhD students and postdocs. Solarlab is composed of six main hubs at AMOLF, RUG, TNO, TUD, TUE, UT and satellite groups at UU, RUN, and UvA. The group of SolarLab PIs represents a very broad range of expertise that is needed to reach the research goals." canonical_url: "https://www.solarlab-nl.org/about-us" meta: "og:description": "SolarLab is the consortium of all researchers in the Netherland active in photovoltaics research. Solarlab brings together >50 research groups active in PV that supervise >150 PhD students and postdocs. Solarlab is composed of six main hubs at AMOLF, RUG, TNO, TUD, TUE, UT and satellite groups at UU, RUN, and UvA. The group of SolarLab PIs represents a very broad range of expertise that is needed to reach the research goals." "og:image": "https://www.solarlab-nl.org/_og/d/k_whatsapp%2Cw_800%2Ch_800%2Cc_Main.takumi%2Ctitle_National%2BPhotovoltaics%2BResearch%2BProgram%2Cp_Ii9hYm91dC11cyI%2Cs_PIEXpuzKEZA4zdA2.png" "og:image:height": "800" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "800" "og:title": "About Us | SOLARLab" "twitter:image": "https://www.solarlab-nl.org/_og/d/k_og%2Cc_Main.takumi%2Ctitle_National%2BPhotovoltaics%2BResearch%2BProgram%2Cp_Ii9hYm91dC11cyI%2Cs_LpH2Ua7AkQ7Kgvxd.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://www.solarlab-nl.org/llms.txt) # About us SolarLab is the consortium of all researchers in the Netherland active in photovoltaics research. Solarlab brings together >50 research groups active in PV that supervise >150 PhD students and postdocs. Solarlab is composed of six **main hubs** at AMOLF, RUG, TNO, TUD, TUE, UT and **satellite groups** at UU, RUN, and UvA. The group of SolarLab PIs represents a very broad range of expertise that is needed to reach the research goals. - **Complementary expertise:** we represent experts in materials design and synthesis, structural and functional characterization of materials, computational materials science, device physics and modeling, thin-film fabrication and large-scale deposition - **Diversity in experience:** we cover the entire range from early-career researchers to senior research leaders - **Diversity in institution:** the main hubs represent four universities (UG, TUD, TUE, UT), and one NWO institute (AMOLF), geographically spread all over the Netherlands - **Diversity in gender:** The group of PIs is composed of about 40% women and 60% men. The PhD and postdocs in these groups represent about 30% women and 70% men. These relatively high female fractions are exceptional for a physics/chemistry/engineering-based research effort in the Netherlands - **Collaborative spirit:** All groups have experience in working closely together. All main hubs have joint publications with multiple other hubs in the past three years. AmsterdamDelftUtrechtNijmegenEindhovenGroningenEnschede ## SolarLab Steering Committee ### Prof. Dr. Erik Garnett #### chair, AMOLF, UvA [Email](mailto:e.garnett@amolf.nl) ### Prof. Dr. Maria A. Loi #### RUG [Email](mailto:m.a.loi@rug.nl) ### Prof. Dr. Olindo Isabella #### TUD [Email](mailto:O.Isabella@tudelft.nl) ### Prof. Dr. René Janssen #### TUE [Email](mailto:r.a.j.janssen@tue.nl) ### Prof. Dr. Rebecca Saive #### UT [Email](mailto:r.saive@utwente.nl) ## Awards Awards won by SolarLab PIs - **International awards** ENI Renewable Energy Award, EU Becquerel Prize, EU Descartes Prize, EPS Research into the Science of Light Prize, MRS Innovation in Materials Characterization Award, Springer Applied Physics Prize, MIT TR Innovator, WIN Rising Star, edX Prize - **National awards** Spinoza Prize, NNV Physica Prize (2), Jacob Kistemaker Prize, Koninklijke Shell Prize, KNCV Gold medal, NOZ-PV Prize, Teyler Prize, Prose Award, KIVI research prize, Minerva Prize (2), NWO Team Science Award - **Fellowships** Frew Fellowship, Aspasia Fellowship, Sustainable Energy Technology Fellowship, MacGillavry Fellowship, Mercado Fellowship - **Academy memberships** KNAW member (3), Young Academy member (1), National Academy of Engineering (1) - **ERC and NWO personal grants** ERC Advanced Grant (6), ERC Consolidator Grant (2), ERC Starting Grant (5), NWO: VENI (3), VIDI (4), VICI (3), NWO-ECHO (3), PIONIER (1), NWO-TOP (4). ## Downloads - [Logo SolarLab (PNG) sep. 2024](https://images.prismic.io/solarlabnl/ZuGNGxoQrfVKl9-j_SolarLablogo_Sep2024.png?auto=format,compress?auto=compress,format) - [Logo SolarNL (PNG) sep. 2024](https://images.prismic.io/solarlabnl/ZuGxeBoQrfVKl-to_SolarNLlogo-finaltext.png?auto=format,compress?auto=compress,format) - [SolarLab Information for Researchers (PDF)](https://solarlabnl.cdn.prismic.io/solarlabnl/Z5zZnpbqstJ9-F-O_v2025.01.31_SolarLab-Starting-Information.pdf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://www.solarlab-nl.org/#website","@type":"WebSite","name":"SOLARLab","url":"https://www.solarlab-nl.org/","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.solarlab-nl.org/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://www.solarlab-nl.org/about-us#webpage","description":"SolarLab is the consortium of all researchers in the Netherland active in photovoltaics research. 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