SERIIUS Team
SERIIUS participants include the following people from India and the United States. We provide a photo and brief information on each person.
Mohit Acharya
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle
Pooja Agarwala
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Joel Ager
LBNL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Rakesh Agrawal
Purdue University
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing (Co-Leader)
Sumanshu Agarwal
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling

M. Ashraf Alam
Purdue
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/ Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling (Co-Leader)
Prateek Anand
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization

Sudarshan Ananth
Wipro
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-1: Interoperability & Compatibility for PV (Co-Leader)

Jay Apt
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage (Co-Leader)
Jaywant Arakeri
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-1: Small-Scale Turbo-Expanders

B.M. Arora
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Raja Sekhar Baddula
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Jitendra Balakrishnan
Corning
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates

Parag Banarjee
Washington University in St. Louis
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development

Santanu Bandyopadhyay
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Amit Bansal
Corning
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates

Durga Basak
IACS
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Bikramjit Basu
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization (Co-Leader)

Saptarshi Basu
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
V. Basu
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Anshu Bharadwaj
CSTEP
SEI Thrust Leader
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Mridula Dixit Bharadwaj
CSTEP
SEI Thrust Leader
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment (Co-Leader)
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage (Co-Leader)

Parag Bhargava
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Pratik Bhavsar
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Amit Bhosle
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
B. Bicer
ASU
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Dan Bilello
NREL
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
M. Bishal
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Pratim Biswas
WUSL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Robert Blankenship
WUSL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Pritam Jyoti Bora
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Nick Bosco
NREL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Tonio Buonassisi
MIT
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials and Processing
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
Matthew Carlson
Sandia
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Tandeep Chadha
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Naresh Chandrashekaran
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
Soumyo Chatterjee
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Nithin Chatterji
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production

Kamanio Chattopadhyay
IISc-Bangalore
SERIIUS Co-Director
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials
Aakanksha Chaudhary
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes

Partha Chaudhuri
IACS
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Raghu Vamsi Chavali
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
Suhas Chavan
Thermax
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials
Utpal Chetia
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Joshua Christian
Sandia
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle

Reuben Collins
CSM
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials and Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Yaquta Contractor
IIT-Bombay
Support Staff
Aimee Curtright
RAND Corp.
SEI Thrust Leader
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment (Co-Leader)
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment (Co-Leader)
R.N. Das
BHEL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-2: Development of Volumetric Ceramic Receiver for High-T, Pressurized CO2 (Co-Leader)
S. Dasappa
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Uttiyo Dasgupta
IACS
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Avinash Dash
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

Prabir K. Dash
NISE
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
Sameer Dawande
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Bertrand Deshesne
MIT
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

Kiran Deshpande
Thermax
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials

Sanjay Dhage
ARCI
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing

Neelkanth Dhere
FSEC
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
R. Dickes
MIT
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander
Anoop Dundi
BHEL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-2: Development of Volumetric Ceramic Receiver for High-T, Pressurized CO2

Pradip Dutta
IISc-Bangalore
CSP Thrust Leader
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment
Prasit Dutta
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
R. Easwarmoothy
ARCI
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing

Alireza Faghaninia
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Jiaxi Fang
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
P. Ganesh
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Pardeep Garg
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

Suresh Garimella
Purdue
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization (Co-Leader)
Logan Garner
NREL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Sean Garner
Corning
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials and Processing
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates (Co-Leader)

Ashitava Ghosal
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle

Prakash Ghosh
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
- Project: SEICore-2: Development of Novel Storage Materials for Solar Hydrogen Produced by PV-Electrolytic System

Saptak Ghosh
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment
Tushar Ghosh
IACS
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

David Ginley
NREL
SERIIUS Co-Director
Ethan Good
SunEdison
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development (Co-Leader)

Yogi Goswami
USF
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

Jeff Gray
Purdue
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Dipti Gupta
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Don Gwinner
NREL
Communications Support
Saurav Halder
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization

Kamakesh Hatua
IIT-Madras
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
Shruti Hegde
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Harold Hemond
MIT
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander (Co-Leader)

Clifford Ho
Sandia
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle (Co-Leader)
- Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials

Marisa Howe
NREL
Project Manager
Raisul Islam
Stanford
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Ganapathy Iyer
Thermax
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle

Ashok Jhunjhunwala
IIT-Madras
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Jim John
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Amruta Joshi
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development

Srikant V. Joshi
ARCI
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing

C.K. Jotshi
USF
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander
Dinesh Kabra
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

C.V. Kannan
Moserbaer
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Suresh Karalatti
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Bala Kavaipatti
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments (Co-Leader)
Lawrence Kazmerski
NREL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Shireesh B. Kedare
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle

Sanchit Khatavkar
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Sagar Khivsara
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Arindam Kole
IACS
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Anil Kottantharayil
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
J. Kuitche
ASU
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Milind Kulkarni
SunEdison
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development
A. Kumar
NISE
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
Ashish Kumar
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization

Pramod Kumar
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle (Co-Leader)

Vijay Kumar
Moserbaer
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production (Co-Leader)

N. Kumar-Chaki
Alpha
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV
M. Kumaravel
IIT-Madras
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
Hamsa Lakshmi
IISc-Bangalore
Support Staff
N. Lakshminarasamma
IIT-Madras
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Ross Larsen
NREL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Matt Lawder
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Cynthia Lo
WUSL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Giridhar Madras
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Neha Mahuli
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Arindam Mallik
IACS
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Sudhanshu Mallick
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Aparajita Mandal
IACS
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Monto Mani

IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
K.V. Manu
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Min Mao
RAND
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment
Z. Mao
RAND
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment
Sandeep Kumar Maurya
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Sagar Mitra
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Som Mondal
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development

Amy Mueller
MIT
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

S. Srinivasa Murthy
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
M.G. Muruli
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
Vaishalee D. Nagalakshmi
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Pradip Nair
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Vikas Nandal
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
Abishek Nandur
SUNY Binghamton
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates

K.L. Narasimhan
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

P.S. Narayan
Wipro
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-1: Interoperability & Compatibility for PV
S. Natarajan
IISc
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-2: Development of Novel Storage Materials for Solar Hydrogen Produced by PV-Electrolytic System (Co-Leader)

Manoj Neergat
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing
Thirumalai N.C.
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment

Dana Olson
NREL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices (Co-Leader)
Toby Oluwatola
RAND
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment

Matt Orosz
MIT
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

Amlan Pal
IACS
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Upendra Pandey
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes

Pradeep Chandra Pant
NISE
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Ashok Paranjape
Clique
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Louis Pipher
SUNY-Binghamton
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Mark Poliks
SUNY-Binghamton
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Alex Polizzotti
MIT
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
Mohit Prabhakar
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Santanu Pramanik
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
K.M. Pramod
HPCL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Prasad U.B.
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Kumar Praveen
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
R.R. Praveen
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates
S. Quoilin
MIT
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander

Srinivasan (Vasu) Raghavan
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes (Co-Leader)

G. (Raj) Rajeswaran
Moserbaer
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production (Co-Leader)
Bhaskar Ramamurthi
IIT-Madras
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability

Praveen Ramamurthy
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
K. Ramesh
HPCL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Arun Rao
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates
Badri Rao
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment

P.V.C. Rao
HPCL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-1: Interoperability & Compatibility for PV (Co-Leader)
Sharath Rao
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-1: Roadmapping & Policy Assessment
Rahul Raut
Alpha Metals Inc.
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV (Co-Leader)

R. Ravikrishna
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization

N. Ravishankar
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
R. Ravishankar
HPCL
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-2: Development of Novel Storage Materials for Solar Hydrogen Produced by PV-Electrolytic System (Co-Leader)
R. Sudarshan Reddy
HPCL
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-2: Development of Novel Storage Materials for Solar Hydrogen Produced by PV-Electrolytic System (Co-Leader)

Sandeep Saha
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization

Sudip Kumar Saha
IACS
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
Tuhin Sahu
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Shanmugasundaram Sakthivel
ARCI
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials

S. Sampath
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Mohammad Saquib
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
B.V. Sarada
ARCI
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing

Krishna Saraswat
Stanford
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Saravanan S.
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Shaibal Sarkar
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing (Co-Leader)
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
Siuli Sarkar
Alpha
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV

O.S. Sastry
NISE
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability (Co-Leader)
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Anand Selvin
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing
Sanchita Sengupta
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes

Subhash Shinde
Sandia
CSP Thrust Leader

Ratnesh Shukla
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-1: Small-Scale Turbo-Expanders
S. Shyam
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
S. Sindhu
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Arpita Singh
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Ashish Singh
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing

Bawa Singh
Alpha
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV (Co-Leader)
J.P. Singh
NISE
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
S.K. Singh
NISE
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

Suneet Singh
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
S. Sinha
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Chetan Solanki
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development (Co-Leader)

R. Ramakrishna Sonde
Thermax
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials (Co-Leader)
Ventatsh V. Srilakshmi
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Roadmapping, Analysis, & Assessment
- Project: SEI-2: Computational Tools for Economic Assessment, Bankability, & Deployment
Vinod Srinivasan
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-2: Development of Volumetric Ceramic Receiver for High-T, Pressurized CO2 (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-4: Small-Scale Positive Displacement ORC Expander (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Maria Stoica
WUSL
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
S.K. Swathi
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Govisami Tamizhmani ("Mani")
ASU
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability (Co-Leader)
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
S. Tanmay
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
S. Tatapudi
ASU
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
Sankara Sarma V. Tatiparti
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage

P. Craig Taylor
CSM
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
San Theingi
CSM
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes

P. Thilagar
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Shriya Thyagaraj
BHEL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-2: Development of Volumetric Ceramic Receiver for High-T, Pressurized CO2
Ellen Tormey
Alpha
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV
Alok Mani Tripathi
IIT-Bombay
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes

Bill Tumas
NREL
Managing Deputy Director

Jeff Urban
LBNL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Maikel van Hest
NREL
PV Thrust Leader
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials and Processing
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production (Co-Leader)
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates / Task 1
- Project: PVCore-4: High-Throughput Processing of Thin-Film PV
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
Arul Varman
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices

Juzer Vasi
IIT-Bombay
PV Thrust Leader
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates
Krishna Vasudevan
IIT-Madras
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-5: Reliability
K. Vinay
CSTEP
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage
Vinila N.V.
IISc-Bangalore
Graduate student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
Justin Weibel
Purdue
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Tim Wendelin
NREL
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle (Co-Leader)
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials (Co-Leader)
Rachel Woods-Robinson
LBNL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments

Yue Wu
Solarmer
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
Ramesh Yadav
IIT-Bombay
Graduate Student
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices