Harry Wirth (Fraunhofer ISE, Germany)

Dr. Harry Wirth, born in 1968, studied physics at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and at the University of Massachusetts, USA. He earned his PhD from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and from Fraunhofer ISE. From January 1999 he headed the R&D group of a specialty insulating glazing manufacturer. In 2005, he returned to Fraunhofer ISE to build the group “Photovoltaic Modules” and to conduct the setup of the PV Module Technology Center. In October 2010 he took charge of the new division “PV Modules, Systems and Reliability”. Since August 2017, he is a director of the division “Photovoltaics” and responsible for activities in Modules and PV Power Plants. Harry Wirth is also Executive Committee Member of the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics.