Bruno Ehrler
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- KNCV Gold Medal (2025)
- ACS Energy Letters Lectureship Award (2025)
- ERC Starting Grant (2020)
Bruno Ehrler | |
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 Ehrler in 2026 | |
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| Known for | Perovskite semiconductors; hybrid solar cells; neuromorphic perovskite devices |
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| Fields | Photovoltaics; Materials science; Optoelectronics |
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| Thesis | (2012) |
| Doctoral advisor | Neil Greenham |
Bruno Ehrler is a physicist and materials scientist whose research centers on perovskite semiconductors, hybrid solar cells, and neuromorphic devices.[1] He leads the Hybrid Solar Cells group at AMOLF and has been appointed as the next director of the instittue effective 1 January 2026.[2] Since 2020 he has been an honorary professor at the University of Groningen.[1][3]
Ehrler studied physics at RWTH Aachen University and Queen Mary University of London, receiving an MSci in 2009.[1] He completed a PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge in 2012 under Neil Greenham on hybrid solar cells that combine organic semiconductors with inorganic quantum dots.[1]
After his doctorate, Ehrler joined the Cambridge Optoelectronics Group as a postdoctoral researcher with Richard Friend, working on quantum dots, doped metal oxides, and singlet fission photovoltaics.[1] He was Trevelyan Research Fellow at Selwyn College, Cambridge from 2013 to 2014.[1]
In 2014 he moved to AMOLF as Group Leader of the Hybrid Solar Cells group.[1] He became head of the LMPV – Sustainable Energy Materials Department in 2024,[1] and in August 2025 was named the next director of AMOLF, to take office on 1 January 2026.[2][4]
Research
Ehrler's research focuses on the physics and chemistry of perovskite semiconductors. He has worked on how ionic migration affects device stability and efficiency, and developing spectroscopic and simulation tools.[5] His group found that mechanical strain can control ion mobility, opening new ways for improving perovskite solar cell performance.[5] In addition to photovoltaics, Ehrler's group has worked on the use of perovskites in neuromorphic computing, creating artificial synapses and neurons with very low energy consumption.[5][6]
