Rate My Professor Moritz Riede

Riede joined the University of Oxford in 2013 as a University Lecturer in the Condensed Matter Physics Subdepartment and a Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College. From 2007 to 2013, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Junior Research Group Leader on organic photovoltaics at the Institut für Angewandte Photophysik (IAPP) of Technische Universität Dresden. Earlier, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and conducted PhD studies at the University of Freiburg, both in Germany. He co-founded Ark Metrica in January 2020 with Grey Christoforo, James Ball, and Henry Snaith to solve measurement problems via open science hardware and software, and TerraChange Solar with Dr. Pascal Kaienburg and Chris Charles to advance OPV commercialization. Key publications include "Organic solar cells—the path to commercial success" (Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, with Donato Spoltore and Karl Leo), "The role of spin in the degradation of organic photovoltaics" (Nature Communications, 2021), "Controlling energy levels and Fermi level en route to fully tailored energetics in organic semiconductors" (Nature Communications, 2019), and "An Open Source Sensitive External Quantum Efficiency Setup for Characterising Optoelectronic Devices" (Journal of Open Hardware, 2025). Awards include election as Fellow of the International Science Council (2023), one of the first Green Future Fellows by the Royal Academy of Engineering, graduation from Oxford's Climate Stream in the Creative Destruction Lab (2024), "Emerging Tech" win at Oxfordshire Business Awards, and completion of StartLife Accelerate (2025). He was a member of the Global Young Academy (2014-2019), serving as Co-Chair.