ENS, Med-V University
Rabat, Morocco
Professor Abdelfattah Barhdadi is a physicist actively working on semiconductors and their applications in photovoltaic technologies and systems. He has more than 35 years’ experience in this applied physics field in which he has developed very high capacities and skills. Since 1995, he works as Professor at the physics department of Ecole Normale Supérieure, belonging to Mohammed V University in Rabat. He is also directing a research structure on semiconductor physics and solar energy (PSES Research Team) and holds several academic positions and responsibilities at national and international scientific institutions as well as at prestigious scientific organizations and distinguished research structures. He is also an international expert in photovoltaics and author/co-author of very high number of scientific publications, chapters and research reports. He also authored numerous scientific communications including several invited plenary and topical talks at international scientific conferences and events. He has directed and still directing numerous dissertations and scientific essays. He has provided his expertise as a scientific evaluator or referee in more than 100 research works, scientific reports and conference proceedings. He is also co-editor of specialized scientific journals, manager of several funded research projects, co-organizer of numerous scientific events, and initiator/co-founder of many national and international scientific skills networks and clusters. Prof. Barhdadi is a co-founder of the African Network for Solar Energy (ANSOLE). He is also the Moroccan Coordinator and a Regional Representative in North Africa of this network.