Ronen Gottesman obtained a B.Sc. in Biophysics from the Department of Physics and a Ph.D. in materials and physical chemistry from Bar-Ilan University. During his Ph.D., his research focused on studying fundamental working mechanisms in photovoltaic systems based on nanoporous electrodes and hybrid perovskite absorbers. After a 2-year stint in leading a team that implemented innovative combinatorial approaches to study perovskite solar cells in the research group of Prof. Arie Zaban at Bar-Ilan University, he conducted his postdoctoral studies at the Institute for Solar Fuels at the Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy in Berlin (HZB), with Prof. Roel van de Krol. At HZB, he established a team that developed combinatorial approaches to study novel metal-oxide photoelectrodes for producing "green" hydrogen. In 2022, he was appointed a senior lecturer at the Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Ronen's research focuses on fundamental research topics in physical chemistry and materials science for energy conversion, ranging from new synthetic methodologies of novel materials and concepts for sustainable energy to fuel production using primarily photoelectrochemical technologies.