Associate Professor
Associate Professor Ziv Hameiri
Engineering
Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
Ziv Hameiri received his Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel in 2005 (Graduated Summa Cum Laude). He was awarded his PhD by the University of New South Wales (School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering) in March 2011 for a thesis entitled Laser-Doped Selective Emitter and Local Back Surface Field Solar Cells with Rear Passivation. He was a Research Fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore between 2011 and 2014, where his research focused on characterisation of silicon wafers and solar cells using photoluminescence and on development of high-efficiency industrial solar cells.
In 2014 he was awarded the UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship and in 2015 he received the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). He is currently an Associate Professor, leading a group of 8-10 PhD students and several Research Fellows.
Education:
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2005 – 2010
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2000 – 2004
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Bachelor of Science (BSc) Electrical and Computer Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
Employment History:
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2020 –
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Associate Professor
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2018 – 2020
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Senior Research Fellow
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2015 – 2018
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Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Fellow Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2014 – 2015
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Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2011 – 2014
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Research Fellow Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore National University of Singapore |
Phone
+61 (0) 2 93859475
E-mail
Location
Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB), Room 358
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Publications
- Awards
- Research Activities
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2020 |
HDR (Higher Degree Research) Supervision Award Faculty of Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2019 |
Staff Excellence Award in Research Excellence (second year in a row) Faculty of Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2018 |
Staff Excellence Award in Research Excellence Faculty of Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2018 |
Scientist Medal International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) |
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2013 |
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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2013 |
Best Poster Award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (Tampa, Florida, USA) |
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2010 |
Suntech Research Excellence Award Suntech Power Holding Co., LTD |
His current research interests are:
- Investigation of bulk and surface defects in silicon wafers
- Development of new characterisation methods for silicon wafers, cells and modules
- Development of machine learning tools to study defects and other loss mechanisms in silicon wafers, cells and modules
- Development of new characterisation methods for perovskite and CZTS solar cells
- Development of novel passivation techniques for surfaces and contacts
- Development of industrial high efficiency solar cells
- Development of novel beta-voltaics