Associate professor, Ben-Gurion Solar energy center, Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel.
Phone: +972-8-6563500; E-Mail: irisvf@bgu.ac.il
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Education
Technion - Israel Inst. Technology
| Mater. Eng.
| B.Sc. (cum laude)
| 1994
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Technion - Israel Inst. Technology
| Physics
| B.A. (cum laude)
| 1994
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Technion - Israel Inst. Technology
| Mater. Eng.
| M.Sc.
| 1998
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Weizmann Inst. Science
| Chemistry
| Ph.D.
| 2004
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Weizmann Inst. Science
| Phys. Chem.
| Postdoc
| 2004
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Arizona State University
| Biophysics
| Postdoc
| 2004-7
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Professional experience
2008-2013: Senior lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1996: R&D specialist, Chip Express, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Selected academic activities
2022 – Member of the Israeli Climate Forum – Energy and Industry cluster.
2021 – BGU Energy and Sustainability Center – steering committee member.
2021 - Technical program committee member, SPIE Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics (OHPV) conference, San Diego CA.
2020 – Member of the Advisory Board for the Wohl Clean Growth Alliance, initiative of the British Council.
2019-current – Head of the Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics
2019 – Co-chair, MRS Fall meeting, Boston MA.
2018 – Co-chair, Nano-energy session, NanoIsrael conference, Jerusalem.
2016 – Co-chair of the 34th Israel Vacuum Society conference.
2014-current - Editorial Board member of Scientific Reports, Nature publishing group.
2014– Guest editor, J. Phys.: Cond. Matter. Special issue on “Molecular functionalization of surfaces and interfaces for device applications".
2014-2017 – Management Committee Member, Cost action MP1307 “Stable Next-Generation Photovoltaics: Unraveling degradation mechanisms of Organic Solar Cells by complementary characterization techniques" (StableNextSol).
2014–2019 – Management Committee Member, Israel Vacuum Society.
