Christophe Ballif wins ERC Synergy Grants for Ultimate PV

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On 6th of November, the European Research council announced the selection of 66 ERC Synergy Grants for a total 684 m€ ! Fantastic news: our "Ultimate PV project", with EPFL PV-lab (Christophe Ballif) , Stefan Glunz at University of Freiburg, and Stéphane Collin at CNRS has been selected as one of the winning project 

For a list of all projects check: ERC Synergy Grants to fund 66 teams tackling major scientific challenges|ERC

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Big thanks to the teams at EPFL PV-lab and CSEM, for all the wonderful work over the last 10 years (and longer for some) which lays the background for such project, and a special thanks to Christian Wolff, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, and Franz-Josef Haug for their support and advice in the ERC grant preparation !