David Cheyns

David Cheyns received his master and Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2003 and 2008, respectively, from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He has over 15 years experience in thin-film, large-area technologies, and co-authored over 60 publications and 5 patents. He was co-organizer of SPIE Europe, eMRS and member of the scientific advisory board of EUPV-SEC. He supervised more than 20 master and PhD students, and is assessor of 5 PhD topics. He pioneered the work on organic tandem solar cells, perovskite materials, OLEDs and thin-film photovoltaic modules at imec. Presently, he is principal scientist and team leader “Future Interactive Thin-film Technology”. In this role, he is responsible for the development of the next-generation large-area sensors and actuators for applications such as infrared imaging, gesture recognition, medical imaging, haptic feedback and microfluidics.