Organizers: Rotraut Merkle, Joachim Maier (MPI for Solid State Research, Stuttgart).
Ryan O'Hayre
Colorado School of Mines, USA
Prof. O’Hayre’s group at the Colorado School of Mines develops new materials and devices to enable alternative energy technologies including fuel cells and solar cells. Prof. O’Hayre is lead author of Fuel Cell Fundamentals, the world’s best-selling textbook on fuel cell science and technology (translated into both Chinese and Korean) and has published >120 peer-reviewed publications in the field as well as several patents and book chapters. He has received several young-investigator research and teaching honors including the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), the US’s top honor for early-career scientists and engineers.