MEET THE TEAM
Sunplugged’s achievements would not be possible without our amazing team!
Mag. Andreas Zimmermann, CEO
Mechanical Engineer & Master Degree in Economics
Andreas Zimmermann has worked as Mechanical Engineer in several manufacturing companies (automotive, structural engineering) with a focus on product design and quality management. Andreas Zimmermann has more than 20 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur and in 2006 established Sunplugged GmbH. Zimmermann has participated successfully in numerous national and international research projects in leading roles and also as a scientific manager of the projects in the field of thin-film photovoltaic to be integrated in products.
Dr. Slimane Ghodbane, COO
PhD. in Physics and Energy at the University of Josef Fourier, France
He has been working on the deposition, optimization and use of thin film semiconductors for the last 8 years. He was involved in several French, Austrian and European research projects since 2003. He is experienced in chemical vapour deposition techniques, surface modification, thin film characterization and project management. Slimane Ghodbane joined Sunplugged in 2014 as development of industrial scale thin-film processes. In addition, he is responsible also for the development and implementation of characterisation techniques along the process chains in Sunplugged´s pilot manufacturing.
Dr. Martina Harnisch
PhD in Ion Physics at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
She has worked in the field of ion-surface interactions, surface analysis and vacuum physics since 201 and authored several publications on that topic. Furthermore Martina Harnisch has experience in ink jet printing, thin film characterization and processing and in project management. She joined Sunplugged as R&D staff in 2016. Martina Harnisch is responsible for the development and optimization of the Monoscribe interconnection of the thin film solar material in order to produce efficient, flexible PV modules.
Christian Perfler
Electrical Engineer
Mr. Christian Perfler is an expert on photovoltaic module technologies with special focus on building and device integration of photovoltaics. He works since 2006 as development engineer in this field and has developed module technologies for crystalline silicon solar cells as well for novel solar cell technologies. Among his most important achievements are the development of an easy adjustable cell interconnection for thin-film solar cells, the upscaling of printing processes for the industrial production of dye-sensitized solar modules for building facades and the development of lightweight PV modules based on crystalline Silicon solar cells.
Christoph Kammerlander, MsC
Master of Applied Physics at the University of Innsbruck
Christoph Kammerlander is a trained electronics engineer and studied applied physics.He has worked in the field of thin film characterisation and process development at the University of Innsbruck and has got the experience in plasma deposition processes, and process characterisation. Christoph Kammerlander joined Sunplugged in 2019 and is now responsible for the optimisation of the Roll-to-Roll sputtering processes for all backside layers (rear contact, doping layer) and for the development of an all-in-one sputtering process to apply the non-toxic buffer together with the other window layers.
Jascha Riedl, MsC
Master of Applied Physics at the University of Heidelberg
Jascha Riedel has studied applied Physics at the University of Heidelberg and made his Master at the University of Innsbruck in the field of computational physics. During his master studies he started with the software development of web handling systems at Sunplugged and is now working on the software development for the improved Roll-to-Roll processes and for the digitally controlled Monoscribe Interconnection process.
