Curriculum Vitae

   Niyazi Serdar SARICIFTCI
                                        Ord. Univ. Prof. Dr. Mag., GR, FRSC

Linzer Institut für organische Solarzellen (LIOS)

Physikalische Chemie

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Altenbergerstrasse 69, A-4040 Linz

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Tel: +43-732-2468 8753

Fax: +43-732-2468 8770

E-mail:Serdar.Sariciftci@jku.at
Homepage: http://www.lios.at

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.

1^st 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 -1^st 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 350 scientific publications, 5 books, 8 patents.

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

Member of the SPIE

Awards, Prizes and Scholarships:

Awarded the Turkish National Science Prize 2006 (TUBITAK Bilim Ödülü)

Awarded with the “Energy Globe Oberösterreich” prize sponsored by the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (October 2003).

Awarded with the „Grünpreis 2001“ sponsered by the Austrian Green Party, Upper Austria , given to the innovative research in environmental protection (December 2001).

Thirtyninth placement in the University Entrance Examination in Turkey in 1980 among fivehundredfortyfivethousand competitors. Awards from several institutions like Turkiye Is Bankasi for that achievement.

Distinction prize with record average (9.92 out of 10) in Austrian Sankt Georg Kolleg graduation in 1980. In connection with this achivement, award of Ministery of Science and Technology in Austria with a full coverage fellowship for a whole University Study in Austria .

Directly advised graduate students and postdoctoral assistants: 47

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

High Tech SPIN-OFF Companies created:

Konarka Austria (formerly QSEL created in 1998), engaged in plastic solar cells technology, www.konarka.com

NanoIdent AG, created in 2002 engaged in plastic photodetector and bio-photodetector technologies, www.nanoident.com

Plastic Electronic GesmbH, created in 2006, engaged in plastic analog and digital circuits