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Program of PVSPACE-25
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
9:00 - 9:45
Reception
9:45 - 9:55
Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
PEROSPACE
Organizer Welcome and Opening Talk
Panel 1: Space Environment: Challenges and Outlook (Moderator: Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia)
9:55 - 10:15
Prof. Heinrich Christoph Neitzert
University of Salerno
10:15 - 10:35
Prof. Alessandro Paccagnella
University of Padua
10:35 - 10:55
Prof. Loredana Santo
University of Rome Tor Vergata
10:55 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 11:35
Dr. Ishita Jalan
Karlstad University
11:35 - 11:55
Dr. Romain Cariou
CEA-LITEN - Solar Technology Department
11:55 - 12:15
Prof. Ahmad R. Kirmani
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
12:15 - 12:45
Panel discussion
12:45 - 14:45
Break
Panel 2: Detectors and Advanced Space Systems (Moderator: Dr. Mahmoud Zendehdel)
14:45 - 15:05
Prof. Paul Sellin
University of Surrey
15:05 - 15:25
Dr. Do Young Kim
Oklahoma State University
15:25 - 15:45
Prof. Askhat Jumabekov
Nazarbayev University
15:45 - 16:05
Dr. Aurora Rizzo
CNR-Nanotec
16:05 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 16:50
Dr. Sergii Yakunin
ETH Zurich
16:50 - 17:10
Prof. Carlos Algora
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
17:10 - 17:30
Dr. Daniele M. Trucchi
CNR-ISM
17:30 - 18:00
Panel discussion
18:00 - 18:30
Poster Session and Networking
Akash Nayak
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Zhengtian Yuan
University of Hong Kong
Dr. Ernestas Kasparavicius
Kaunas University of Technology
Tatyana Khokhlova
Russian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Francesca De Rossi
Tor Vergata University of Rome - CHOSE
Giulio Koch
Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
8:30 - 9:00
Reception
9:00 - 9:10
Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
Opening Remark
Panel 3: Space Photovoltaics: Industrial Challenges and Market (Moderator: Prof. Federica Cappelluti)
9:10 - 9:30
Dr. Mei Gao
CSIRO
9:30 - 9:50
Prof. Peter Müller-Buschbaum
Technical University of Munich
9:50 - 10:10
Prof. Dr. Qun Luo
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
10:10 - 10:30
Simon Alexander Wegener
Technical University of Munich
10:30 - 10:55
Break
11:00 - 11:20
Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
PEROSPACE
Empowering Space with New Generation PEROSPACE Photovoltaic
11:20 - 11:40
Dr. Vincenzo Iacovone
OHB Italia S.p.A
11:40 - 12:00
Dr. Massimiliano Dispenza
Leonardo SpA
12:00 - 12:30
Panel discussion
12:30 - 12:40
Group Photo
12:40 - 14:30
Break
Panel 4: Space Tolerance of Photovoltaics (Moderator: Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia)
14:30 - 14:50
Prof. Sayantani Ghosh
University of California, Merced
14:50 - 15:10
Prof. Randy J. Ellingson
University of Toledo
15:10 - 15:30
Dr. Mykhailo Solovan
Adam Mickiewicz University
15:30 - 15:50
Dr. Samuel Erickson
The University of Toledo
15:50 - 16:15
Break
16:20 - 16:40
Prof. Bibhudutta Rout
University of North Texas
16:40 - 17:00
Prof. Pavel Troshin
Harbin Institute of technology & Russian Academy of Sciences
17:00 - 17:20
Dr. Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma
University of St Andrews
17:20 - 17:40
Dr. Jae Sung Yun
University of Surrey
17:40 - 18:00
Christoph Gernot Lindenmeir
Technical University of Munich
18:00 - 18:30
Panel discussion
20:00 - 23:30
Social Dinner
“Le Mille e Una Notte” Restaurant
Address: Via Toscana 41, Rome
Thursday, 25 September 2025
8:45 - 9:00
Reception
9:00 - 9:10
Dr. Narges Yaghoobi Nia
Opening Remark
Panel 5: Multijunction Photovoltaics for Space (Moderator: Prof. Peter Müller-Buschbaum)
9:10 - 9:30
Prof. Seth Hubbard
Rochester Institute of Technology
9:30 - 9:50
Dr. Zhaoning Song
The University of Toledo
9:50 - 10:10
Prof. Stefaan De Wolf
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Combining perovskites with silicon for dual- and triple-junction photovoltaics
10:10 - 10:30
Sercan Özen
Potsdam University
10:30 - 10:55
Break
11:00 - 11:20
Dr. Nabarun Saha
Politecnico di Bari
11:20 - 11:40
Dr. Nikolai Oh
FLEXELL SPACE Co., Ltd.
11:40 - 12:00
Pablo Fernández-Palacios
Instituto de Energía Solar
12:00 - 12:30
Panel discussion
12:30 - 12:40
Ad. Talks
12:40 - 14:30
Break
Panel 6: Measurements and Methods (Moderator: Prof. Pavel Troshin)
14:30 - 14:50
Dr. Giulia Tregnago
Nature Energy
Nature Energy: an overview of the journal
14:50 - 15:10
Prof. Ian Sellers
University at Buffalo
15:10 - 15:30
Prof. Federica Cappelluti
Politecnico di Torino
15:30 - 15:50
Anton A. Samoylov
University of Arizona
15:50 - 16:15
Break
16:20 - 16:40
Laurent Calame
Lumartix SA
Aging under plasma lamp and testing equipment
16:40 - 17:00
Dr. Lucio Cina
Cicci Research
17:00 - 17:30
Panel discussion
17:30 - 18:00
Awards and Closing
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