The people behind TRANSPIRE
TRANSPIRE is carried out by imec’s Thin Film Photovoltaics group – a technical team with deep complementary expertise across perovskite materials, devices, modules, processing and reliability.
Dr. Anurag Krishna
R&D Project Leader
Trained at NTU Singapore (PhD) and EPFL Switzerland (MSCA fellow), where he developed highly stable perovskite cells exceeding 25% efficiency. At imec since 2022, he manages national, EU and industrial projects and has authored 40+ papers, including in Nature Reviews, Nature Communications, Energy & Environmental Science and Joule.
In TRANSPIRE: oversees overall project management, leads absorber and interface engineering for high-performance, stable modules, steers techno-economic analysis and pilot-line specifications, and supports investor outreach and dissemination.
PhD in Experimental Physics (University of Antwerp), blending industrial and academic experience. As R&D Manager at Abengoa Solar NT she expanded the PV lab, achieved ISO 9001 certification, and led CIGS/perovskite transfer to manufacturing. Since joining imec in 2018 she has focused on module upscaling and reliability.
In TRANSPIRE: drives module optimisation, IEC/ISOS testing, prototype builds and end-user trials.
Two decades of leadership in thin-film photovoltaics. Since his PhD on organic PV (KU Leuven, 2006), he has headed imec’s TFPV R&D, launched its perovskite and tandem activities (from 2014), and led multi-partner programmes linking academia, institutes, SMEs and industry — including Solliance, with partnerships such as Panasonic, Dyesol, Heraeus and ThyssenKrupp/Kingspan.
In TRANSPIRE: oversees market engagement, industrial collaborations, and investment-plan development.
PhD in Chemistry (KU Leuven, 2014). She moved from organic PV to perovskite cells and modules at imec, specialising in scalable coating (blade and slot-die), reproducibility and stability.
In TRANSPIRE: leads layer-stack refinement and large-area module fabrication and characterisation.
PhD from Utrecht University; worked at TU/e on atomic-layer-deposited thin films for perovskite and silicon-heterojunction (SHJ) cells. At imec since 2018, he leads work on scalable, stable perovskite modules, coordinates Horizon projects, and supervises PhD and postdoc teams (45+ publications; two patents as first inventor).
In TRANSPIRE: focuses on performance and stability strategies, NiOx/ETL/electrode optimisation, and customer-facing prototype validation.
Funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101291137 (TRANSPIRE). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.