Thomas REINDL

  Dr Thomas REINDL is Deputy CEO of the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore （SERIS） and Principal Research Fellow （equivalent to Associate Professor） at the National University of Singapore （NUS）.He started with photovoltaics （PV） in 1992 at the SIEMENS Corporate R&D Labs. After holding several management positions at SIEMENS and running one of the leading German PV system integration companies （ILIOTEC Solar） as Chief Operating Officer and their spin-off company （PROACTIVE new energy） as Managing Director， he joined SERIS in 2010 and soon became Director of the Solar Energy System cluster. During his time at SERIS， he won public research grants in excess of SGD 20 million， founded 2 spin-off companies and authored strategic scientific papers such as the "PV Roadmap for Singapore".Dr. Reindl holds a Master in Chemistry， a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences and an MBA from INSEAD， all awarded with highest honours. His research interest are high-performance PV systems， techno-economic road-mapping and the reliable integration of renewable energies into energy supply systems.