S. Zahra Mirbagheri Golroodbari is an assistant professor at Utrecht University. She conducted her Ph.D. in solar PV integration at Utrecht University, specializing in integrating floating solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. She has a background in power electronics and electronics. She has conducted research in many universities, namely the University of Utrecht, Delft University of Technology, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Malaya.
Wilfried Van Sark is a professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University. He received his Ph.D. from Nijmegen University, the Netherlands, on III-V solar cell development, modeling, and processing in 1989. Then, he spent 7 years as a postdoc/senior researcher at Utrecht University and specialized in a-Si:H cell deposition and analysis. After an assistant professor position at Nijmegen University, where he worked on III-V solar cells, he returned to Utrecht University, with a focus on the (single-molecule) confocal fluorescence microscopy of nanocrystals. In 2002, he became an assistant professor in the Science, Technology, and Society Research Group at the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University. Between 2014 and 31 August 2018, he was an associate professor in the Energy and Resources Research Group at the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University. He was appointed as a full professor in the Energy and Resources Research Group at the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University in 2018. He is a recognized expert in the performance analysis of photovoltaic modules and systems, life cycles, and market analysis.
