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.

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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 {{Netherlands-scientist-stub