LAWRENCE L. KAZMERSKI is Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute), Golden, Colorado. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1967, M.S.E.E. in 1968, and Ph.D. in 1970, from the University of Notre Dame. Following a postdoctoral position at the Notre Dame Radiation Research Laboratory (Atomic Energy Commission), Dr. Kazmerski joined the faculty of the University of Maine in 1971 and served as Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. In 1977, he became SERI's first staff member in photovoltaics, hired specifically to establish efforts in the characterization of photovoltaic materials and devices. Kazmerski initiated SERI's first on-site laboratory operation in 1978. He has held adjunct professorships at the University of Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, and the University of Denver. Since coming to SERI/NREL, Kazmerski has directed or served on the committees of more than 25 Ph.D. and Master's students.

Dr. Kazmerski has published over 260 journal/proceedings papers and book chapters in the areas of solar cells, thin films, semiconductor materials and devices, surface and interface analysis, molecular beam epitaxy, proximal probe microscopies, nanoscale technology, high-temperature superconductivity, and semiconductor defects. His numerous national and international conference presentations include more than 120 invited talks. His current research interests are primarily concerned with the correlations between electrical and chemical properties of interfaces in polycrystalline materials and devices, and the development of measurement techniques for device diagnostic investigations. He has special interests in the development of manufacturing-environment measurements for photovoltaics. He is editor of the books Polycrystalline and Amorphous Thin Films and Devices (Academic Press, 1980), Copper Indium Diselenide for Photovoltaic Applications, with T.J. Coutts and S. Wagner (Elsevier, 1986), and Methods of Materials Analysis, with B. Yacobi and J. Holt, (Plenum, 1994). He was co-founder and co-editor of the journal SOLAR CELLS, published by Elsevier-Sequoia (1979-1991), and he served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. Kazmerski currently is a member of the Editorial Board of the Elsevier journal, Renewable Energy. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of a new Pergamon journal, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

His professional involvement includes the AVS (Fellow), IEEE (Fellow), APS (Fellow), MRS, ISES, ASES, and SVB. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Eta Kappa Nu. He has served on the elected Executive Committees of the Thin Films Division and Electronic Materials and Processing Division of the AVS. (He was also appointed to the founding Executive Board of the Electronic Materials Division.) He was elected Chair of the AVS Thin Films Division (1981-1982) and EMPD Division (1987-88). He was National Program Chair for the 1982 29th National AVS Symposium. Kazmerski served on the founding Executive Board of the Applied Surface Science Division of the AVS (1986-87). From 1983 to 1986 he was an elected Trustee of the AVS. His service to AVS has included the coordination of the short-course program and Chair of Technical Development. He serves on the AVS Long-Range Planning Committee. In 1988, Kazmerski was elected to the Board of Directors of the AVS. He was President of the Society in 1991. He served as the chair of the AVS National Office Committee (1991-93). He was on the founding Executive Committee of the Nanoscale Science and Technology Division (1992). He served as the Co-Chair of the AVS Chapters, Groups, and Divisions Committee (1996-99), and was elected as an AVS Trustee for a second time (1997-1999), serving as Chair in 1999. He has developed and taught 3 separate short courses for the AVS. He was the Program Chair for the18th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, and was the General Chair for the19th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. He currently serves on the Committees for the IEEE PVSC, the World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, and the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conferences. He has served on the Scholarships and Awards Committee of the AVS and the Fellow Award Committee of the IEEE. Kazmerski is on the Board of Directors of the International Energy Foundation and is Vice-Chair of the World Renewable Energy Network. Kazmerski has served on the organization committees of more than 40 international meetings.

In 1981, Dr. Kazmerski was awarded the Peter Mark Memorial Award of the AVS in recognition of his research "... demonstrating the correlation between electrical and chemical properties of interfaces in polycrystalline photovoltaic devices". He was also recognized with the Outstanding Performance Award of the Solar Energy Research Institute "... for outstanding research leadership and sustained personal contributions to the characterization of photovoltaics and thin-film materials and devices" in 1982. In 1989, he was recognized with the SERI Outstanding Service Award "... for excellence in leadership, continued contributions to solar research and extraordinary personal service to his profession". He was the recipient of the 1988 DOE/SERI Public Servant Award "... for significant contributions in furthering the Nation's Goals in Solar Energy Research and Development". In 1985, Kazmerski was given an IR-100 Award by Research and Development Magazine for development of "Volume-Indexed SIMS". He was also recognized in 1989 with an R&D-100 Award for the development of the "Spectroscopic Scanning Tunneling Microscope". He was recognized with an R&D 100 Award in 1992 for development of the "Atomic Processing Microscope". In 1990, Kazmerski was presented the Francis Van Morriss Award by Midwest Research Institute in recognition of demonstrated excellence in contributing to the growth and development of MRI and SERI. Kazmerski was the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Energy "... for work in scanning tunneling microscopy very important to understanding surfaces and surface chemistry of solar cells" in October, 1990. Kazmerski is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, "... for contributions to the understanding of the relationships among electrical and chemical properties and the performance of photovoltaic devices" (1988); a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "... for contributions to the photovoltaic device technology and to electronic materials and device characterization" (1988); and, a Fellow of the AVS (1994) ". . . for contributions to the characterization of photovoltaic materials and devices". In 1993, Kazmerski was recognized with the IEEE William R. Cherry Award ". . . for contributions to the characterization of photovoltaic materials and devices, including the development of novel measurement techniques, leading to the understanding and advancement of the technology". Kazmerski was selected as the 1993 Department of Energy/AWU Distinguished Lecturer. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Scientist in Renewable Energy Technologies Award by the World Renewable Energy Conference and World Renewable Energy Network, " . . . for outstanding contributions to fundamental science, measurement and technique development, and standard measurement dissemination and adherence in the area of photovoltaics", September, 1994. Kazmerski received two recognitions for poster presentations at professional meetings. Finally, Kazmerski was recognized by the Emir of Bahrain with the Gold Medal for Contributions to Renewable Energy Science and Technology in the Field of Photovoltaics (September, 1994). He also received a Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding PV measurements and Characterization Technique Development for "Atomic and Nanoscale Investigations and Development of Photovoltaic Semiconductors Using Scanning Probe Microscopies", from the U.S. Department of Energy in 1995. Kazmerski received the Conference Award from the First Conference on Future Generation Technologies for Most Innovative Presentation, March, 1997.