Michael Irwin

Background

About Michael Irwin

Leadership of multi-national, diverse and interdisciplinary international teams o Currently managing efforts across US and Europe o 13-years’ experience as people leader • Experienced researcher: 24-years’ experience in R&D with 18 years in photovoltaics (PV) • Company founder, pioneer in thin-film PV technologies o Founded solar PV technology company focused on perovskite thin-film devices First perovskite PV start-up in the USA (2013) First to exceed device efficiency >18%(2014) First to synthesize, and subsequently patent, the most stable metal halide perovskite material known to-date (i.e, FAPbI3, 2015) o Early-stage researcher in organic PV (2004) Invented the NiO interfacial layer for PV devices (2005) • Successful start-up exit through acquisition of Hunt Perovskite Technologies, LLC by 1366 Technologies Inc. to form CubicPV Inc.(2021) • Fundraising through venture capital, institutional investors and government funding o Recently closed Series A (2021) and Series B (2022) funding rounds for CubicPV o Recently awarded three US Department of Energy cooperative agreements (2021) • Multidisciplinary project design for new, innovative technologies o Drafting multi-year project development plans o Often combining elements of chemistry, physics, materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science • Specialization in intellectual property development o Current portfolio is largest in US, top 4 internationally in application area o More than 100 issued patents, domestically and internationally To-date, 37 issued patents by the US Patent Office • Materials design and development o Experienced in synthetic chemistry and materials science with specialization in electronic materials, materials chemistry, and inorganic coordination complexes; and corresponding spectroscopies, spectrometry, microscopies and diffraction o Experienced in semiconductor printing techniques and additive manufacturing • Regularly participating in public speaking engagements • Collaborative R&D efforts with national laboratories and universities • Design and construction of wet lab and semiconductor R&D facilities