INVITED SPEAKERS

Dr. Abdelilah SLAOUI

Dr. Slaoui is a research director at Institut d’Electronique du Solide et des Systèmes. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in fundamental Physics from the University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. He received his Ph.D. degree in semiconductor physics in 1984 at Laboratory PHASE, where he focused on laser crystallization of implanted silicon for solar cells. He joined Centre National de la recherché Scientifique in 1986 as a research fellow. He joined the Oregon Graduate Institute at Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.A., as a visiting scientist, in 1992. He is presently the head of the photovoltaic group at InESS-CNRS, Strasbourg. He participated and initiated numerous national as well as European projects related to silicon based materials for solar cells. He has authored more than 130 papers and 4 articles in specialized books. He co-organized 5 symposia dealing with materials for photovoltaic, one workshop on Materials for Energy, a workshop on Photovoltaic materials, and a symposium on Advanced Materials for Energy. Slaoui served as expert for the European commission. He is presently the President of the European Material Research Society and member of the European Material Forum.