Prof. Ursula Eicker is the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities at Concordia University Montreal. She is a German physicist who received her PhD in Solid State Physics from Heriot-Watt University and her Habilitation in Renewable Energy Systems from the Berlin Technical University. Prof. Eicker has held leadership positions at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences and its Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies, and has coordinated many international research projects in the fields of building energy efficiency, renewable energy systems and urban scale simulation.
Since June 2019, she has led an ambitious research program to establish transformation strategies toward zero-carbon cities. Around 50 graduate students work on pathways to zero-carbon cities in the domains of the built environment, renewable energy systems, sustainable transport and circular economy.
Education
1995/6 - 2011/5
Habilitation
Habilitation, Renewable Energy Systems
Habilitation, Renewable Energy Systems
Technische Universitat Berlin
Degree Status: Completed
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Felix Ziegler, 1995/6 -
1986/9 - 1989/5
Doctorate
PhD Doctor of Philosophy, Solid State Physics
PhD Doctor of Philosophy, Solid State Physics
Heriot-Watt University
Degree Status: Completed
Supervisors: Wilson, John, 1986/6 - 1989/5
1985/9 - 1986/6
Master's Equivalent
Diploma Studies, Physics
Diploma Studies, Physics
Technische Universitat Berlin
Degree Status: Completed
Supervisors: Twele, Joachim, 1985/9 - 1986/6
Honours and Awards
2018/5 - 2019/5
German-African Innovation Incentive Award - 130,000 (Euro)
Federal Ministry of Science Germany
Award for outstanding research in cooperation with Egypt on photovoltaic thermal collectors by the Federal Science Ministry
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