Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current
Al Kindi B5/L3-3204-WS01 (Seaside)
Phone number and WhatsApp: +966 5453 57871
Luis Victor Torres Merino is a materials scientist with eight years of specialized experience in perovskite photovoltaics, beginning with research roles in Germany (i-MEET and EnCN) and continuing through his MSc/PhD at KAUST. His expertise focuses on interface engineering, perovskite composition development, and large-scale thin-film fabrication. Currently leading research on photothermal stability of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells.
Photothermal stability of wide-bandgap halide perovskites
Large-scale thin-film fabrication processes
Merino, L.V.T., Petoukhoff, C.E., Matiash, O., Subbiah, A.S., Franco, C.V., Dally, P., Vishal, B., Kosar, S., Villalva, D.R., Hnapovskyi, V. and Ugur, E., 2024. Impact of the valence band energy alignment at the hole‐collecting interface on the photostability of wide band‐gap perovskite solar cells. Joule, 8(9), pp.2585‐2606.
Isikgor, F.H., Zhumagali, S., T. Merino, L.V., De Bastiani, M., McCulloch, I. and De Wolf, S., 2023. Molecular engineering of contact interfaces for high‐performance perovskite solar cells. Nature Reviews Materials, 8(2), pp.89‐108.
Subbiah, A.S., Torres Merino, L.V., Pininti, A.R., Hnapovskyi, V., Mannar, S., Aydin, E., Razzaq, A., Allen, T.G. and De Wolf, S., 2024. Enhancing the performance of blade‐coated perovskite/silicon tandems via molecular doping and interfacial energy alignment. ACS Energy Letters, 9(2), pp.727‐731.
Ms/PhD in Materials Science & Engineering | KAUST, Saudi Arabia | 2019–2025
BSc in Physics | UNAM, Mexico | 2012–2017
PhD Researcher | KAUST – KPVLAB | 2021–2025
MSc Researcher | KAUST – OMEGALAB | 2019–2021
Research Assistant (HiWi)|FAU – i-MEET & HI ERN – EnCN | 2018–2019
Research Assistant | UNAM – CNyN| 2016–2017
MRS Fall 2024, Boston, USA (Best Presentation Award)