René Janssen

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.

René Janssen (2015)

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.^[1]

In 2015 he was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize.^[2] Part of Janssen's research focuses on plastic solar cells and the storage of solar energy in solar cells.^[3]

Since 2011 Janssen is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[4]

References

1. "Vijf miljoen subsidie voor hoogleraren TU/e" (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
2. "NWO-Spinozapremies voor René Janssen, Birgit Meyer, Aad van der Vaart en Cisca Wijmenga" (in Dutch). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
3. "Spinozaprijs voor TU/e hoogleraar Rene Janssen" (in Dutch). Eindhovens. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
4. "René Janssen" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

External links

• Profile at Eindhoven University of Technology