Kaining Ding studied material science at the RWTH-Aachen University in Germany. He carried out his Ph.D. research with the Institute of Energy and Climate Research 5 – Photovoltaics in the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, and received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the RWTH-Aachen University in 2014. He is heading the silicon heterojunction materials and solar cells group at Forschungszentrum Jülich since 2014. He is active as coordinator or project leader of several German, European and international projects as well as organizer or scientific committee member of several workshops and conferences.