Colloidal Dispersions of Core-Shell Nanoparticles as Precursors to Porous Thin Film Coatings in PV Applications

MTL Seminar Series
Damien Reardon, DSM

Speaker

Damien Reardon is a Canadian national living and working in the Netherlands with his wife and three kids. He has been working for DSM for the past 8 years as Principal Scientist and Research Platform Director Functional Materials. His previous appointment was at DuPont CR&D in Wilmington (DE), USA, where he spent 8 years. Damien received his PhD from the University of Ottawa and pursued as a BP post-doctoral fellow at Imperial College London (UK). His areas of specialization lie in the development of novel materials in coatings and thin film devices in light management, energy harvesting and energy storage. He currently sits on advisory boards for MIT.nano; AFFOA and at the Technical University in Eindhoven (NL). He is currently overlooking multiple open innovation industrial / academic collaborations in Europe as well as in the US.