LUCIANO MULE'STAGNO
Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Prof. Luciano Mule’Stagno Is the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and Group Leader of the Solar Research Lab at the University of Malta. He holds a Ph.D in Physics from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He returned to his native Malta in 2007 from the US where, after his PhD studies, he spent 12 years working with MEMC Electronic Materials (now Global Wafers, formerly SunEdison). His last post there was that of Director of Worldwide Labs with responsibility for labs in Asia, Europe and the US. His major expertise is in the characterization, engineering and synthesis of semiconductor and solar materials. He has published extensively and holds 10 patents on semiconductor/solar materials. His current research interests are in photovoltaics systems and materials and other renewable energy technologies that could be applicable to Malta. He is involved in several funded research projects and lead ERDF335 – the 4.2M Euro project to fund a solar research lab and Solaqua a project to study offshore solar energy. Luciano has a passion for heritage and environmental issues. His first post in Malta was that of CEO of Heritage Malta (2007-2009) and he is currently Vice-president of Din L-Art Helwa (The National Trust of Malta). He is also Chairman of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) scientific committee and has served on the boards of several local companies.
