Erik Petrus Antonius Maria Bakkers (born 18 December 1972, in

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) is a professor at the physics departments of both the

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and

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Universities of Technology. His research concentrates on the growth and properties of semiconducting nanowires, the use of wires for solar cells, thermoelectric devices, and

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. He received his PhD from the

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...

with the thesi
"Charge transfer between semiconductor nanocrystals and a metal"
which was focused on charge transfer between

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s. He worked at

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Research labs in

for 9 years before moving back to academia. Bakkers received the Technical Review award from

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in 2007, a VICI award in 2010, and the Science AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 2013. Bakkers was elected a member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (, KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. In addition to various advisory a ...

in 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakkers, Erik 1972 births Living people 21st-century Dutch physicists Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Loon op Zand Utrecht University alumni