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Drs. Felix Castellano and Pavel Anzenbacher

A new grant from the Ohio Research Scholars Program (ORSP) will support progress toward creating the next generation of photovoltaics—the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity—as well as the next generation of fuels and energy-efficient lighting, now being developed by BGSU and the University of Toledo.

Both universities have been deeply involved in the alternative energy arena for many years; the grant strengthens the “photovoltaics cluster in the region by leveraging existing research activities at the universities,” according to the Ohio Third Frontier Commission.

BGSU researchers Drs. Felix Castellano and Pavel Anzenbacher, chemistry and photochemical sciences, will use the $1.7 million they will receive of the overall $8.9 million ORSP grant to bring two research professors to their labs for the five-year duration of the program, and to assist with other associated operating expenses.

An important goal of the program is attracting talented scientists to campuses and reversing the exodus of talent from the state. “That’s how you grow,” Anzenbacher said.
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