Hepp, Aloysius F.
Aloysius F. Hepp is Chief Technologist at Nanotech Innovations and an independent consultant based in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a PhD in Inorganic Photochemistry in 1983 from MIT and retired in December 2016 from the Photovoltaic & Electrochemical Systems Branch of the NASA Glenn Research Center (Cleveland). He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University from 1992-3. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement medal in 1997. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Albany and Cleveland State University. Dr. Hepp has co-authored nearly 200 publications (including six patents) focused on processing of thin film and nanomaterials for I-III-VI solar cells, Li-ion batteries, integrated power devices and flight experiments, and precursors and spray pyrolysis deposition of sulfides and carbon nanotubes. He has co-edited twelve books on advanced materials processing, energy conversion and electronics, biomimicry, and aerospace technologies. He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (MSSP) and is currently the chair of the International Advisory Board of MSSP, as well as serving on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Mater. Sci. and Engin. B and Heliyon. He has recently been appointed as Series Editor for the Vacuum and Thin-Film Deposition Technologies series and the Aerospace Fundamentals, Applications, and Exploration series.
Navarro, María Bernechea
María Bernechea Navarro obtained her Ph.D. (Cum laude) in 2006 at the Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain on synthesis, characterization and applications of platinum group organometallic complexesDuring her Ph.D., she worked for 6 months at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC-CRNS), in Toulouse, funded by a Marie Curie fellowship. After earning her Ph.D., Dr. Bernechea Navarro worked on a collaborative project between Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) and Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP-CSIC) on the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles and their use as catalysts. In 2010, she moved to the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) to work on the synthesis and characterization of colloidal nanocrystalline semiconductors for their use in solution-processed optoelectronic devices, such as photodetectors and solar cells, focusing on production of new solar cells materials composed of Earth-abundant non-toxic elements. In 2016, she was appointed Lecturer in Energy Materials at Cardiff University where she researched nanomaterials for clean energy applications. Since October 2017, she has been at her present post as ARAID researcher at the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragón-INMA (CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza). Her research interests include synthesis and characterization of functional nanomaterials for their use in energy-related applications, such as solar cells, electrochemical energy storage devices, (photo)catalysis, or thermoelectric devices; this work has resulted in the publication of more than 40 articles, many in prestigious journals.
Raffaelle, Ryne P
Ryne P. Raffaelle (RPR) earned both a BS and MS in Physics from Southern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Physics from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost at Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.). He is the former Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Lab of the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to serving at NREL, he was the Academic Director for the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Director of the NanoPower Research Laboratory at RIT. He has worked as a visiting scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Kennedy Research Center, and DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is the author of over 200 refereed publications. He is on the Advisory Board of Elsevier's Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing and is the Managing Editor of Progress in Photovoltaics, published by Wiley Interscience. He is the co-editor of several books on photovoltaics and nanotechnologies.
Subramaniam, Velumani
Velumani Subramaniam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, United States. He is presently working on novel micro- and nano-structured materials for harvesting renewable energy and for biomedical applications.
Sundaram, Senthilarasu
Senthilarasu Sundaram is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. His research interests focus on sustainable energy technologies to create environmentally sustainable materials for energy generation and storage, building integrated applications, thermal storage, water remediation, and low-carbon heating applications.
Morales-Acevedo, Arturo
Arturo Morales-Acevedo is Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at CINVESTAV - IPN (since 1983) and National Research Fellow (Emeritus) in Mexico. He earned a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering (CINVESTAV - IPN, México), M. Sc. in Physics (and a David Ross Fellowship recipient, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA), and M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering (CINVESTAV-IPN, México). Currently he is a Fellow of the Mexican System for Scientific Research (Emeritus). He edited one book on solar cells (Intech, 2013) and is Associate Editor for Solar Energy journal (Elsevier) and Journal of Electronic Materials (Springer). He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) where he also was a Distinguished Lecturer for the Electron Devices Society. He has done research at University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France), at the National University of Colombia and at the University of Havana (Cuba). He has consulted for several companies related to semiconductor devices and photovoltaics technology. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC), Sigma-Xi, the Academy of Sciences of New York, IEEE and International Solar Energy Society (ISES). He has published over 200 papers in the refereed literature in semiconductors, materials processing, photovoltaics, and device technologies.
