Joachim Luther

Joachim Luther (born 31 March 1941 in Hannover, Germany) received his PhD in experimental physics at the Leibniz University Hannover in 1970.

In 1974, Luther became professor of physics at the newly founded University of Oldenburg.

[1] In the beginning of the 1980s, his scientific interest shifted towards renewable energy sources, in particular solar power.

In 1993, he accepted a call to become professor of solid-state physics at the University of Freiburg in Southern Germany and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in this city at the same time.

In the following years, Luther established this institute as the largest research center for solar energy in Europe.