Jens Schneider is professor of interconnected energy systems at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK). He was a group manager for solar module technology at Fraunhofer CSP and before that, a process engineer at CSG Solar AG. Prof. Schneider received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Technology, Berlin, and Hahn-Meitner-Institute, Berlin, in the field of thin film crystalline silicon photovoltaics.