Dr. Rafael N. Kleiman

Professor and Canada Research Chair in MicroElectroMechanical Systems
Director, Centre for Emerging Device Technologies, McMaster University
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Rafael Kleiman is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems & Director, Centre for Emerging Device Technologies at McMaster Univeristy. He came to McMaster in 2003 after working at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ for 11 years. In 2004 he was appointed the Director of the Centre for Emerging Device Technologies (CEDT), the central device fabrication facility on campus. He has translated his device physics expertise to photovoltaic devices and currently leads a $4.1 million multi-faceted project funded by OCE and ARISE Technologies to develop high efficiency Silicon-based multi-junction solar cells. He leads the CFI/ORF $13.0M project to build the Laboratory for Advanced Photovoltaic Research, focussing on the characterization of next generation photovoltaic materials and devices. He is the Scientific Director of the NSERC Photovoltaic Innovation Network which brings together the research community, industry, government, funding agencies and advocacy groups to foster and accelerate the widespread adoption of photovoltaics as a renewable energy resource in Canada.