Jef Poortmans

Jef Poortmans - Program Director of the PV and Energy activities / Fellow, imec & R&D Strategy Coordinator, EnergyVille

Dr. Jozef Poortmans received his degree in electronic engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium, in 1985. Presently, he is Program Director of the PV and Energy activities of imec.  In 2013 he was also appointed imec Fellow. 

Since 2008 he is part-time Professor at the KU Leuven, where he teaches courses on photovoltaics and materials in electrical engineering.  In 2013 he became also part-time Professor at University Hasselt where he teaches a course on analog electronics.  Since September 2016 he is Coordinator R&D-strategy of EnergyVille, an institutional partnership between imec, VITO, KU Leuven and University Hasselt aiming at the development of technologies and demonstrations for the Energy Transition.