Sebastian Gatz is Vice President Photovoltaics at VON ARDENNE, an equipment manufacturer for industrial vacuum coatings on materials such as wafers, glass, metal strip and polymer films. Dr. Gatz has been working in the field of photovoltaics for more than 14 years. Before joining VON ARDENNE, Dr. Gatz worked as a project manager at SolarWorld and as Head of Development at Manz and Meyer Burger. Dr. Gatz was awarded a diploma in physics from the Technical University Munich and a doctorate degree from the Leibniz University Hannover.