Experience

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  Mirai Solar

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    • Mar 2021 - Present

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  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technology Lead

    • May 2019 - Present

    Leading Kaust Solar Center (KSC) initiatives aimed at moving transformational energy technologies out of the lab and into the stage of prototyping for real-world applications, exploring conventional and novel upscaling strategies. Establishing direct links to industry partners in the Center’s pursue for downstream activities. Head of KSC’s outdoor testing facility.

  • Laboratory Manager

    • May 2017 - Present

    Line manager leading a team of six research engineers, responsible for operations, maintenance and safety of a 3000 m2 state-of-the-art lab with more than 900 instruments for the fabrication and characterization of electronic devices. Created safety policies and best practices. Project lead in establishing a pilot line for silicon solar cells and an educational lab for photovoltaics (PV). Research, editorial work, communication in the field of printed and hybrid photovoltaics.

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  Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

  • Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

  • Research Scientist

    • Nov 2013 - May 2017
    • Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

    Principal projects:- Mechanically flexible organic solar cells on plastic substrates- Degradation, lifetime analysis and stabilization of organic solar cells- Material concepts and photophysics of ternary organic solar cells- Silver nanowire electrodes: synthesis and film formation- Material and light management strategies for efficient organic solar cells- Kesterite and perovskite photovoltaics

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  University of Washington

  • Research Associate

    • Mar 2010 - Oct 2013

    •Principal projects:- Synthesis and characterization of plasmonic silver nanoparticles- Plasmonic efficiency enhancement in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) •- Electrodynamics modeling (FDTD) of plasmon-enhanced OPVs •- AFM and SEM/EDX studies on kesterite solar cells (with Prof. Hugh Hillhouse, UW)•Collaborations:Raman scattering enhancement in OPVs (Prof. Anne Kelly, UC Merced)Electrical modeling of plasmonic OPVs (Prof. Scott Dunham, UW)Plasmonic charge carrier enhancement in OPV blends (Prof. Xue Can) Lab manager role of the Photonics Research Center in the Chemistry Department: - Cost center budgeting - Vendor relationships- User training and equipment maintenance.

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  California Institute of Technology

  • Pasadena, CA

  • Postdoctoral scholar

    • Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
    • Pasadena, CA

    Developed a method for enhanced light transmission through biological tissues based on real-time optical phase conjugation using a photorefractive polymer composite as the holographic recording medium and with the particular aim of suppressing tissue scattering.