Aranzazu Aguirre received her PhD in Experimental Physics from the University of Antwerp in 2008. After her doctorate, she joined the Molecular Materials and Nanosystems at the Chemistry department of the Eindhoven University of Technology, followed by a second post doctoral research period at Imdea Nanoscience Institute, both in the field of characterization of organic solar cells by spectroscopic techniques. After these, she joined Abengoa Solar NT as R&D Manager in the photovoltaics division.

She is currently mainly working on upscaling of perovskite based photovoltaic modules and developing strategies to ensure their reliability and stability. She explores laser interconnection and encapsulation approaches for modules in the framework of several projects involving both academic and industrial partners.

Lukas Simurka received his M.Sc. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic in 2011. After that he worked as a researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

In 2013, he joined Şişecam Science and Technology Center in Turkey, focusing on the optimization of glass surfaces and coatings on glass. He combined his work in the industry with doctoral research at Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia, and received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Technology and Materials in 2018.

Since 2019, he works as a research scientist at TNO/Solliance. His research concentrates on upscaling of perovskite solar cells and modules with a special focus on reliability.