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Stuart Boden is an Associate Professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 2004 with a first-class honours degree in Materials Science and joined ECS in 2009 after being awarded a PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with a focus on the development of nanostructured antireflective surfaces for photovoltaics. In 2009, he secured a post-doctoral research fellowship at ECS, funded by Carl Zeiss, to develop applications for a helium ion microscope. Stuart was appointed as a lecturer at ECS in 2014 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. He leads a team of researchers specializing in the fabrication and enhancement of nanoscale texturing for high-efficiency interdigitated back contact silicon solar cells. He has successfully managed Southampton's involvement in the EPSRC Supersolar Solar Energy Hub, securing flexible funding and co-investigating further research grants related to solar energy technologies. Stuart is also a member of various professional bodies, delivered numerous invited talks, and actively contributes to national and international conferences and workshops.
University of Southampton • Southampton, ENG
Promoted to Associate Professor in 2020, leads research on nanoscale texturing for solar cells.
University of Southampton • Southampton, ENG
Worked on applications of helium ion microscopy.