Dr. Paul Stradins

Paul Stradins is Principal Scientist at National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). Since receiving his doctorate from Latvian Institute of Physics, followed by post-PhD work at the University of Chicago, he has worked in PV and silicon (crystalline, amorphous, quantum dots), solar cells including tandems, defects, light-induced degradation, hydrogen in silicon, optics and devices based on nanostructured silicon, silane-based functionalization of surfaces for DNA attachment, silicon-film based neutron detectors and memory devices. Before joining NLR, Paul Stradins was staff member at the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology laboratory in Japan. At present, Paul Stradins is leading industrially relevant, scientifically oriented Si PV program at NLR. His current interests include new approaches to silicon PV, verified by advanced characterization techniques and atomistic theory, surface functionalization that enables inexpensive PV, advanced PV tandem concepts, silicon as anode material for Li ion batteries, and others.