Dr. Radovan Kopecek obtained his Diploma in Physics at the University of Stuttgart in 1998. In addition, he studied at Portland State University (Oregon, USA), where he obtained a Master of Science in 1995. In 2002 he finalized his PhD dissertation in Konstanz.

Until the end of 2006 he was a group leader at University of Konstanz. One of the founders of ISC Konstanz, Dr. Kopecek has been working at the institute as a full time manager and researcher since 2007 and is currently the head of the Advanced Solar Cells department. Dr. Kopecek has been a member of EUREC’s board of directors (Association of EU´s R&D centers involved in renewables) since 2016. He is co-founder of ATAMOSTEC in 2018 – an R&D center for desert modules and systems in Chile.