Dr. Benjamin Figgis

Ben Figgis is a Research Program Manager at the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, part of Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar.  He manages the Outdoor Test Facility, a 35,000 m2 test site for PV and solar thermal technologies, and his research focus is on PV soiling.  Ben helped establish and operate the OTF from 2009 to 2014 with Chevron Qatar, and for the preceding five years was involved in setting up the Qatar Science & Technology Park.  He has B.Eng and B.Sc degrees from the University of Western Australian, M.Eng from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Strasbourg.