Dr. Juan López García

Dr. Juan Lopez-Garcia is the Principal Investigator and Research Program Director for the Energy Conversion program at the Energy Center at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) where he shapes the research strategy and leads a team of scientists and engineers, as well as the Institute’s research and development activities in the field of Energy Conversion, with special emphasis on solar energy conversion. He received his MSc in Science (physics) from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), and his PhD in Applied Physics from the same university and the Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Spain. He worked as postdoc at the Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT) and as a Research Scientist at the Catalan Institute of Energy Research (IREC), Spain. He was also Scientific Project Officer of the European Commission at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra (Italy), working on the European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) on PV module testing and reliability. Dr. Lopez-Garcia is author and co-author of 100+ scientific contributions including peer reviewed journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, magazine articles and book chapters. He has been awarded with several 'best contribution' awards in renowned conferences and he is also a member of many international scientific committees.