Radovan Kopecek obtained the Dipl. Phys. degree at the University of Stuttgart in 1998 in the field of Superconductive Fullerides. In 2002 he completed his Ph.D. dissertation in the field of c-Si thin film silicon solar cells in Prof. Ernst Bucher´s group at the University of Konstanz. One of the founders of ISC Konstanz, Dr. Kopecek is since 2007 the leader of the advanced solar cells department dealing with several European, national research projects and technology transfer in the field of silicon feedstock and solar cell development, focusing on n-type devices. Further, Dr. Kopecek has been teaching the basics of PV at the DHBW in Friedrichshafen since 2012. Since 2016 he is in the board of directors at EUREC.