Dr. Max Koentopp

Responsible for reliability testing, product qualification, and characterization activities at Hanwha Qcells globally with an international team of engineers and technicians. - Established new module testing facilities in the US - Set up testing facilities for inverters, batteries, and system components - Established PV test fields in different climate zones for next generation product qualification

Responsible for cell & module test facilities at the different international locations of Hanwha Q-Cells. Coordinating cell, module and outdoor testing activities at Hanwhha Q-Cells as well as production calibration. - Set up new module test centers in Malaysia and Korea - Established the QCPV product qualification and production monitoring program in collaboration with TÜV Rheinland

Responsible for cell and module characterization labs and qualification of new products according to IEC and VDE Q.Tested requirements. Coordination of device characterization, module reliability testing, and outdoor test field activities at German R&D location

project manager for publicly funded projects developing high-efficiency solar cells and modules on thin wafers Development of multi-dimensional device simulations for solar cells Development of measurement methods and standardization of measurement procedures

Responsible for 1-d and 3-d device simulation Developed device simulation models for next-generation solar cells and modules and conducted feasibility anlyses Project manager for national and European publicly funded projects Specialist for Characterization of solar cells, troubleshooting support for cell production

molecular electronic device modeling , modeling of time evolution of single molecule junctions using molecular dynamics and density functional theory with supercomputing resources at Brookhaven National Lab

modeling of the time evolution of single molecule junctions using Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics in the group of Prof. Roberto Car.

modeling mechanical and electrical evolution of single-molecule contacts using quantum chemical methods

solid state physics, nanotechnology, simulation and modeling of molecular electronic devices, density functional theory