Albert Polman
@albert_polman
Professor of nanophotonics and photovoltaics | NWO-Institute AMOLF | team science | UvA | SolarNL | Delmic | public theatre lecture “The sun rises for free”.
We have vacancies for PhD students and postdocs in our group!Cathodoluminescence microscopy: nanophotonics and quantum physics with electrons and light. To apply: amolf.nl/work-at
Microscopy Today Innovation Award for the @thermofisher Meridian IC inspection tool: a spin-off from the collaboration with @_amolf building an ultrafast cathodoluminescence microscope. microscopy.org/microscopy-tod…
Congratulations @brunoehrler winner of the @ACS_ENFL American Chemical Society Energy Lectureship mid-career award. We are proud of your great research and of you as the new leader of the @_amolf LMPV department and the @N_Groeifonds SolarNL SolarLab program director.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Energy Lectureship Awards! 2025 Energy Lectureship Early-Career Award: Lea Nienhaus, Rice University (US) @NienhausLab 2025 Energy Lectureship Mid-Career Award: Bruno Ehrler, AMOLF (Netherlands) @brunoehrler Congratulations!
📢Call for Members - the Theme Committee Materials @NWONieuws is seeking new members. Please consider joining this committee of experts from knowledge institutions & industry. The committee also serves as the management of the NWA Route Materials. 🌐Info: tinyurl.com/2vm8m68p
Celebrating @_amolf 75th anniversary!!! Many years of innovative research, continuousy changing over time, from uranium isotope separation in the 1950s to solar cells and much more today. Training many PhDs, postdocs, students and technicians, building the magical Amolf culture.
An enormous boost for photovoltaic solar energy research in the Netherlands! 40 new PhD projects at top PV institutes - supporting the growing NL PV industry and inventing the PV technogy of the future. Solarlab - part of the SolarNL program @N_Groeifonds. solarlab-nl.org
Building a strong team is the most rewarding thing there is! Strategy discussion afternoon and dinner with the amazing LMPV team of @_amolf: Wiebke Albrecht, Esther Alarcon Llado @3dPV_group, @brunoehrler, Erik Garnett @AmolfNSC supported by @TomVeeken.
Photonic concepts can help fight climate change - read our Commentary in @NaturePhotonics.
What role can #photonics solutions play in fighting the #climatecrisis? With @HybridNano @albert_polman @AtwaterHarry, we shared some ideas in a commentary now out in @NaturePhotonics (thanks @rachelpcwon!). Happy to get feedback and hear more thoughts! nature.com/articles/s4156…
We're hiring! We have 2 postdoc positions on operando investigations of photochemical and electrochemical reactions. Check it out!amolf.nl/research-group…
📢 Reminder | The NWA route ‘Materialen – Made in Holland’ calls for proposals for small, innovative research projects, carried out by a #Postdoc, of a max of €k100. @NWONieuws #materials ❗Deadline: 19 August 2024 Check the procedure for submission: 🌐 materialennl-platform.nl/call-for-propo…
📢 Call for proposals - NWA Innovative projects within routes 2024 for the NWA route ‘Materialen – Made in Holland’ @NWONieuws. The route management is calling on the #materials field to submit a postdoc project, of max. €100.000. #materialsscience 🌐 materialennl-platform.nl/call-for-propo…
Navigating career opportunities in the energy transition. What a nice panel discussion @amolf LMPV symposium - with a room full of PhD and masters students looking for a future job in sustainability.
Great kickoff of the annual LMPV symposium @_amolf by @MBoneschanscher on Modular scaling to speed up the energy transition.
New US policy: 50% import taxes on solar panels in the US. apnews.com/article/biden-…
Major developments in the US.
I just imposed a series of tariffs on goods made in China: 25% on steel and aluminum, 50% on semiconductors, 100% on EVs, And 50% on solar panels. China is determined to dominate these industries. I'm determined to ensure America leads the world in them.
Session chairs at the amazing HOPV conference in València.
PV Symposium at AMOLF: light/carrier management, materials design, fabrication for photovoltaics. Friday, June 7, 2024. With @MMoralesMasis @ndk2ndk Olindo Isabella @PV_Physicist @MBoneschanscher Juliane Borchert. Posters and career panel. amolf.nl/lmpv
Totally agreed.
Seriously, you're going to wake one morning in the 2050s in a home warmed by your wind powered heat pump, open the dividend from your solar farm share, ride to work on an electric bus passing fields of agroforestry brimming with wildlife, and wonder what all the fuss was about.
Congratulations!! First silicon solar cell celebrates 70th anniversary. Only 6% efficiency then, 27% now. Si PV has changed the world and will change it further in a big way. pv-magazine.com/2024/04/25/fir…
Magical times!! @brunoehrler revealing the theme for the celebration of @_amolf 75th anniversary! Many exciting activities coming up this year for our alumni, collaborators and network, and our own personnel.
Consciousness explained - a beautiful interview with Daniel Dennett.
Very sad to hear that the philosopher Daniel Dennett has died. He was a hero of mine and his book, Consciousness Explained, was quite wonderful. I interviewed him on The Life Scientific back in 2017 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08…
Are you a physics or chemistry student looking for an interesting master’s research project at @_amolf in Amsterdam in (nano)photonics or photovoltaics? Sign up for the live workshop on May 17. We have 19 exciting research projects available. lmpv.nl/msc-workshop-2…
