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René A.J. Janssen (born Roermond NL, 1959) is a Dutch University Professor of the Moleculair Materials and Nanosystems group (M2N group) within the department of Chemical engineering and Chemistry at
Eindhoven University of Technology
The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc an ...
.
In 2013 Janssen won a 2.5 million euro grant by the
European Research Council to develop methods to produce solar energy systems at a lower cost.
In 2015 he was one of four winners of the Dutch
Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...
. Part of Janssen's research focuses on plastic solar cells and the storage of solar energy in solar cells.
Since 2011 Janssen is member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
References
External links
Profile at Eindhoven University of Technology
1959 births
Living people
Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dutch nanotechnologists
Spinoza Prize winners
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