Niyazi Serdar SARICIFTCI
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Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Linzer Institut für organische Solarzellen (LIOS)
Physikalische Chemie
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Altenbergerstrasse 69, A-4040 Linz
AUSTRIA
Tel: +43-732-2468 8753
Fax: +43-732-2468 8770
E-mail:Serdar.Sariciftci@jku.at
Homepage: http://www.lios.at
May 2011:
Dr. honoris causa at Åbo Akademi University Turku, Finland
December 2009:
Selected as Fellow of the SPIE
May 2005:
Selected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry ( Great Britain ), FRSC
September 2003:
Election to City Council of Linz (Gemeinderat der Landeshauptstadt Linz ), GR
April 2000:
Founding Director (Vorstand) of the Linzer Institut für organische Solarzellen (LIOS) at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz/Austria.
1st April 1996-
Ordinarius Professor (Chair) and Director (Vorstand) of the Institute for Physical Chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz/Austria.
8th October 1992 :
Habilitation for the academic title of "docent" by the Central Interuniversitary Commission in Ankara/Turkey.
1st January 1992 -1st April 1996
Senior research associate at the Institute for Polymers & Organic Solids at the University of California , Santa Barbara (Prof. Alan J. HEEGER, Nobel leaurate 2000 for Chemistry) in the fields of photoinduced optical, magnetic resonance and transport phenomena in semiconducting and metallic polymers.
1st September 1989 - 31st December 1991 :
Postdoctoral research associate at the 2nd. Physics Institute, of University of Stuttgart , Fed. Rep. of Germany, in the project "Molecular Electronics" SFB 329 of "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft", c/o Prof. Michael MEHRING, with specialization on electron spin resonance (ESR), electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) and photoinduced electron transfer on supramolecular structures.
1986 - 1989:
PhD study at the University of Vienna, Austria with promotion for Doctor of Science in physics. First supervisor Prof. Dr. Hans KUZMANY, at the Institute of Solid State Physics , second supervisor Prof. Dr. Adolf NECKEL at the Institute of Physical Chemistry . Topic of PhD thesis: " Spectroscopic investigations on the electrochemically induced metal to insulator transitions in polyaniline" with specialization on in situ Optical, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy during doping processes.
1980 - 1986:
Study of Physics at the University of Vienna, Austria with sponsion for Master of Science in physics. Topic of the master thesis: " Structural phase transitions in the ferroelectric potassium - dihydrogenphosphat"
1972 - 1980 :
Study and graduation at the Austrian Sankt Georg Kolleg in Istanbul , Turkey with distinction prize.
1970 - 1980:
Study of musics at the city music conservatory in Istanbul , Turkey (classical piano).
Scientific Publications:
Over 400 scientific publications, 5 books, 8 patents, over 19.000 citations, h-index =60 (December 2010)
Membership in Professional Societies:
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the American Chemical Society
Member of the Materials Research Society
Member of the Austrian Chemical Society
Fellow of the SPIE
Awards, Prizes and Scholarships:
Dr. honoris causa at Åbo Akademi University Turku, Finland (2011)
Kardinal Innitzer Preis (2010)
Humanity Medal of City of Linz (2010)
Austria 2008 (Österreicher des Jahres 2008, Kategorie Forschung)
Turkish National Science Prize 2006 (TUBITAK Bilim Ödülü)
“Energy Globe Oberösterreich” prize sponsored by the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (October 2003).
„Grünpreis 2001“ sponsered by the Austrian Green Party, Upper Austria , given to the innovative research in environmental protection (December 2001).
Directly advised graduate students and postdoctoral assistants: over 60
List of projects as principal investigator:
NOVEM Dutch Agency for Energy, Contract, 1996-1997
Christian Doppler Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, Austria , 1998-2004
JOULE III, EU Project, (coordinator), 1998-2000
EET Project , Dutch Ministry of Economy, 1998-2003
FWF, Austrian Science Foundation, Plastiksolarzellen 1998-2001
FWF, Austrian Science Foundation, Hybridsolarzellen 2002-2005
INTAS, Project, EU (coordinator), 1998-2001
INTAS Project, EU, 2001-2003
EUROMAP, RTN, EU project, 2000-2003
EUROPSB, EU project, 2002-2005
MOLYCELL, EU Project, 2003-2006
ETP, Upper Austria Project 1999-2000
FVS, BMBF of Germany , 1999-2001
FVS, BMBF of Germany , 2001-2003
FWF, Austrian Science Faoundation, Cluster Project 2002-2005
FIT-IT, Austrian Ministry of Science, 2005-
FWF, Austrian Science Foundation, NFN, 2006-
SolarNtype, EU, RTN Project, 2006-
ORGAPVNET, EU, CA Project, 2006-
ORGANISOLAR, ESF, Network, 2006-
Member of the EU networks COST P2, COST D35
SOLAR FUEL, 2008-
High Tech SPIN-OFF Companies initiated/incubated by Sariciftci:
1.) Konarka Austria (formerly QSEL created in 1998), engaged in plastic solar cells technology, www.konarka.com
2.) NanoIdent Inc Austria, (created 2004, closed down 2009 due to insolv.)
3.) Plastic Electronic GesmbH, created in 2006, engaged in plastic analog and digital circuits
4.) Prelonic GesmbH, created in 2007, engaged in plastic printed battery systems
5.) Solar Fuel GesmbH, created in 2008, engaged in solar energy harvesting for CO2 recycling
6.) Isiqiri, created 2008, engaged in intelligent displays with detection functions www.isiqiri.com