Dr. Ioannis (John) Tsanakas

CEA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France

Project Manager at CEA-INES, in charge of research and management of projects on PV/BIPV performance & reliability, diagnostics, standardization and sustainability. Awarded by the EU in 2017, being among Europe's thirty MSCA exemplary researchers. Prior to CEA, he also worked as PV research engineer in Belgium (imec/EnergyVille), Norway (IFE) and France (CNRS).
Actively involved, as PV expert, in the PVPS collaborative program of the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as in PV standardization (IEC/CENELEC) and European Commission task forces (ETIP PV Digital Solar PV systems and Grid; EU-JRC Ecodesign). Contributed, over the last 12 years, in the implementation of > 20 national and international R&D projects (~28.5 M€), with a scientific production of 1 international patent and more than 40 publications, talks and technical reports in the field.