At the current stage, the photovoltaic industry chain is expanding rapidly, and the industry, especially enterprises, urgently need a large number of professional talents with certain theoretical knowledge and technical backgrounds in R&D, technology, and other fields.

With the continuous updates, iterations, and breakthroughs of photovoltaic technology, fundamental knowledge such as semiconductor physics and theoretical systems that integrate cross-professional fields and interdisciplinary approaches have become one of the factors constraining professional R&D and technical personnel in the photovoltaic field.

The Yangtze River Delta Solar Photovoltaic Technology Innovation Center (abbreviated as: PV Center), in collaboration with renowned universities and research institutions from China and abroad including the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, Fudan University, and Sun Yat-sen University, invites top professors and researchers from various subdivided fields to provide professional training courses covering all aspects from theoretical foundations to practical applications for the industry. Dr. Pierre J. Verlinden, Chief Scientist of the PV Center, serves as the first Principal of PV School.

PV School is committed to providing professional education and training programs in various subdivided fields for universities, institutions, and enterprises both domestically and internationally.

Principal Introduction:

Dr Pierre Jacques Verlinden

Honors

1987 NATO Science Research Fellowship (Stanford University Postdoc)

2012 Selected as one of the first 42 foreign experts by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Became a permanent resident of the People's Republic of China since 2013

2013 Elected IEEE Senior Member, 2023 Elected IEEE Life Fellow

2016 IEEE William R. Cherry Award recipient, "in recognition of (a) a long and distinguished career at the forefront of photovoltaic technology......and overall leadership of key research and development organizations"

Recipient of the highest honor for foreigners in China "Chinese Government Friendship Award" (2017)

2019 European Union Becquerel Prize recipient

Honorary Doctor from University of New South Wales, 2023

Hasselt University Belgium 2023 Francqui Chair recipient

Conference Organization

Since 2014, member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) of the European Union Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EUPVSEC)

2018 General Chairman of the 35th European Union PVSEC Conference

Since 2011, member of the European Union PVSEC Scientific Committee

Since 2016, member of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

(IEEE PVSC) William Cherry Committee member and multiple IEEE PVSC conference committee member: 2017 Silicon Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Area Chair, 2014 Photovoltaic Modules and Manufacturing Area Chair, 2016 and 2018 Photovoltaic Systems and Manufacturing Area Co-Chair, 2011 CPV and III-V Area International Co-Chair, 2010 Photovoltaic Modules and Systems.

2019 Chairman of IEEE PVSC William Cherry Award Selection Committee

Since 2019, member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC)

Since 2018, member of the SiliconPV Conference Scientific Committee and Executive Committee (Ex Co)

Since 2021, member of the PVinMotion Conference Scientific Committee

2000 to 2009, member of the Technical Program Committee and International Advisory Committee of the Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems International Conference (CPV)

Scientific Journal Reviewer

Regular reviewer for multiple scientific journals:

-       Science

-       Joule

-       Nature Energy

-       Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (SOLMAT)

-       IEEE

-       Photovoltaics International

-       Progress in Photovoltaics

-       EPJ Photovoltaics

-       Solar Energy

-       Energy Conversion and Management

-       Resources, protection, and recycling

-       Cell Reports Physics

Other

From 2013 to 2016, served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the PVQAT (International Photovoltaic Quality Assurance Taskforce)

Actively participated in the formulation of photovoltaic standards: IEEE1513, IEC62108 and IEC62670-2

In 2017, edited Volume 1 of "Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications", Wiley (co-authored with A. Reinders, W. van Sark, and A. Freundlich)

     In 2024, edited Volume 2 of "Photovoltaic Solar Energy: From Fundamentals to Applications", Wiley (co-authored with W. van Sark, B. Hoex, A. Reinders, and N. J. Ekins-Daukes)