Dr. Matthias Ebert is head of the group "PV Systems and Integration" since 2022, before that he has built up the group "Reliability of Solar Modules and Systems" since 2009. He studied civil engineering at the Bauhaus University Weimar and received his PhD at the same university in 2002 at the "Institute for Structural Mechanics" in the field of stochastic structural mechanics. He worked as scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials Halle (Saale) in the field of mechanics and testing of microstructures and micro components from 2003 to 2008. Since 2007, he has been working in the field of photovoltaic modules and systems. The group he has developed investigates the reliability of PV modules, components, and materials The current group's teams are active in the areas of data analysis and optimization of PV system operation, integration of PV into system concepts and simulation of distributed energy systems.