Jozef Poortmans

Dr. Jozef Poortmans is an imec Fellow and the Program Director of the  Energy activities of imec since 2020. He received his degree in electronic engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium, in 1985. He has been a part-time Professor at the KU Leuven since 2008, where he teaches on photovoltaics and materials in electrical engineering.  In 2013, he also became a part-time Professor at University Hasselt where he teaches a course on analog electronics.  In September 2016, he became the Coordinator of R&D-strategy at EnergyVille, an institutional partnership between imec, VITO, KU Leuven, and University Hasselt, which is focused on the themes of Smart Cities and Smart Grids.