Anthony Lochtefeld

Dr. Anthony Lochtefeld is Founder and CEO of AmberWave Inc. and co-inventor of the Ultra-Thin Silicon solar cell technology. He was CTO of predecessor company AmberWave Systems, where he led the development of pioneering semiconductor wafer and device technology for application to integrated circuits and LEDs, leading directly to $85M in patent licensing deals and technology sales. Subsequently at AmberWave Inc. he led participation in the $53M DARPA Very High Efficiency Solar Cell program (VHESC), and the company’s DOE SunShot Incubator program. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and an MSEE from Purdue. In 20 years in the field of semiconductor materials and devices he has co-authored over 130 peer-reviewed technical papers, and holds nearly 100 U.S patents.