Microcell concentrating photovoltaics for space

Christian Ruud received his PhD in materials science and engineer-ing at Penn State University under the guidance of Dr. Chris Giebink. His doctoral research was funded by a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportu-nities award and covered micro-cell concentrating photovoltaics for space and graded-index anti-reflection coatings. He also holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from St. Olaf College in North-field, Minnesota. Recently, Chris-tian began a new role as a research engineer at PPG in Pitts-burgh, Pennsylvania. Jeffrey Gordon is professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion Univer-sity of the Negev's Department of Solar Energy and Environ-mental Physics in Israel, where he has been a faculty member for 45 years. He played a pivotal role in stewarding it to an inter-nationally recognized center of research and graduate educa-tion. His research advances have led to over 250 publications in leading scientific journals and cover the fields of nanomaterial synthesis, solar energy conver-sion, advanced optical design, finite-time thermodynamics, biomedical science, and algae biotechnology, with several in-novations having been trans-lated into impactful commercial realities. Chris Giebink has been a profes-sor of electrical engineering at Penn State University for 10 years and is presently moving to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci-ence at the University of Michi-gan. His research on optoelec-tronic and photonic devices has led to more than 80 publications and 13 patents. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Princeton University and holds undergraduate degrees in physics and engineering science from Trinity University.