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WINFRIED HOFFMANN, Ph.D.
Vice President, Solar Chief Technology Officer
Energy and Environmental Solutions and Display
Applied Materials, Inc.
Dr. Winfried Hoffmann is vice president and solar chief technology officer (CTO) for
the Energy and Environmental Solutions and Display businesses at Applied Materials and managing director of Applied Materials Alzenau GmbH. A solar industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, Dr. Hoffmann is responsible for the Company’s technology development in the U.S., Europe and Asia, including technology and products in solar, glass, lighting and alternative energies that help reduce the need to burn fossil fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions. He also oversees Applied’s external research partnerships, and serves as the Company’s primary interface to European environmental initiatives.
Dr. Hoffmann also serves as president of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), the world’s largest industry association devoted to the solar electricity market.
Dr. Hoffmann began his career at NUKEM’s solar division in 1979 and took over its leadership in 1985. In 1994, he formed the photovoltaic joint venture between NUKEM and Daimler-Benz Aerospace and became managing director of ASE (Applied Solar Energy) GmbH and chairman of the board of ASE Americas after the acquisition of Mobil Solar. In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the management board at RWE SCHOTT Solar GmbH. With the acquisition by SCHOTT in 2005, Dr. Hoffmann became a member of the management committee of SCHOTT Solar, GmbH.
Dr. Hoffmann is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
(fhG-ISE) in Freiburg and a member of the supervisory board of the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hameln, Germany.
Dr. Hoffmann has a doctorate degree in physics from the University of Freiburg, Germany.
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