Stephan Lany is a computational materials scientist with a background in electronic structure calculations for semiconducting materials. He joined NREL in 2003 as a postdoctoral researcher. As a staff scientist, he is currently leading computational research activities in support of the Energy Frontier Research Center and the Solar Energy Technology Program.  

His research interests include prediction of band-structure, optical, electrical, and transport properties from electronic structure theory; photovoltaic and thermoelectric materials, and transparent conducting oxides; defects, doping, and alloying in semiconductor materials; and computational materials design and discovery.