| Name: | Franz-Josef Haug |
| Date of Birth: | 27. 9. 1969 |
| Place of Birth: | Oberstdorf |
| Nationality: | German |
| Education: | |
| 1976 - 1980 | Grundschule Oberstdorf |
| 1980 - 1989 | Gertrud-von-le-Fort-Gymnasium Oberstdorf |
| 1989 - 1990 | Military Service |
| 1990 - 1996 | Study of Physics at the Universities of Ulm and Waikato |
| Graduate thesis: Scanning tunneling microscopy of epitaxial thin films grown by SiH2Cl2 chemical vapour epitaxy on the Si(100) surface | |
| 1996 - 1997 | Teaching assistant at the Institute of Microwave Technology, University of Ulm |
| Training at MHH Solartechnik GmbH, Ulm (now Sonnenstrom AG) | |
| 1997 - 2001 | Doctoral Study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich |
| PhD thesis: Development of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 superstrate solar cells | |
| 2001 | Young Scientist Award (Symposium P) of the European Materials Research Society |
| 2002-2003 | Research position at ETH |
| Further work on CIGS superstrate solar cells | |
| 2003-2005 | Research position at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material and Testing and Research (EMPA), Dübendorf |
| Investigation of reactive plasma depositon prosesses for nano-composite coatings of TiN/Si3N4 | |
| 2005 | Research position at the Institute of Photovoltaics, Jülich Research Centre |
| Work on transparent conducting ZnO and light trapping issues in amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells | |
| 2005- | Research position at the Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchâtel |
| Work on microcrystalline and amorphous solar cells on flexible substrates |