SUNLAB at PVSC

Earlier this month, SUNLAB students and researchers attended the 53rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Montréal. Postdoctoral fellows Mathieu de Lafontaine and Paige Wilson, PhD electrical engineering candidate Mandy Lewis, PhD physics candidate Alison Clarke, PhD civil engineeering candidate Milad Nouri as well as Professor Jacob Krich presented results on a wide range of topics including photonic power converters, bifacial photovoltaic systems, and betavoltaics. For a full list of SUNLAB presentations, see our Conference Presentations page.

Congratulations to:

• Mathieu de Lafontaine for receiving the Best Poster Award for Area 1;

• Alison Clarke for a poster prize nomination for Area 3;

• Jacob Krich and Mandy Lewis for mentions in the Friday Daily Highlights.

Congratulations also go to former SUNLAB student and postdoctoral fellow Viktar Tatskiankou for an informative and interesting plenary presentation in Area 10. Viktar was supervised by Professors Karin Hinzer and Henry Schriemer.

The IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference is the longest-running technical gathering for photovoltaics. This year, for the first time, it was hosted in Canada, at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Québec, from June 8 to 13. SUNLAB director Karin Hinzer will chair the next conference, scheduled for June 7 to 11, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mathieu de Lafontaine

Paige Wilson

Alison Clarke

Milad Nouri

Mandy Lewis

Mandy Lewis and Umay Akkoseoglu from DNV moderate a 15-minute group discussion on spectral irradiance correction for PV energy yield models.