Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

2014 Associate Professor at the Institut des Matériaux, EPFL

2008 Assistant Professor Tenure Track at the Institut des Matériaux, EPFL

2009 Habilitation in Physics, Technische Universität München

2005-2010 Marie Curie Excellence Grant Team Leader at ‘Walter Schottky Institut’, Technische Universität München, on leave from ‘Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique’ (CNRS, France)

2004-2005 Visiting Scientist at the California Institute of Technology, on leave from CNRS; Senior Scientist and co-founder of Aonex Technologies (a startup company for large area layer transfer of InP and Ge on foreign substrates for the main application of multi-junction solar cells)

2003 Permanent Research Fellow at CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, France

2001-2002 Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology

‘Study of wafer bonding and hydrogen-induced exfoliation processes for integration of mismatched materials in views of photovoltaic applications”

Sponsor: Professor Harry A. Atwater

1998-2001 PhD in Materials Science, Ecole Polytechnique

‘Study of polymorphous silicon: growth mechanisms, optical and structural properties. Application to Solar Cells and Thin Film Transistors’

Advisor: Pere Roca i Cabarrocas

1997-1998 Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondis (D.E.A.) in Materials Science at Université Paris XI, France .

1993-1997 BA in Physics at Universitat de Barcelona