Experience

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

• Austria
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Research Scholar

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  - Coordinator of the theme “Modeling for National Transformations” - Leading research on modeling of energy transition and its impacts on the economy and sustainable development - Analysis of model linkages for improving the policy relevance of energy models - Teaching, training and advising decision makers

• Research Scholar

  • Sep 2017 - Jan 2023

  - Modeling and analysis of energy transitions and their impact on the economy, environment, and climate - Representation of energy storage solutions in long-term energy models (MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM) - Capacity building and co-development of tools for informing energy and climate policy - Market mechanisms, system integration, and technologies for integration of variable renewable energy



TU Wien – Academy for Continuing Education

• Austria
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Designing and delivering the course "Global Energy Transitions and Climate Policy" as part of the master’s degree program in Environmental Technology & International Affairs held at the Technical University Vienna (TU Wien). More info on the program: https://www.tuwien.at/en/ace/masters-programs/msc-environmental-technology-intl-affairs More info on the course: https://teaching.ece.iiasa.ac.at/lectures/global-entrans-tuwien/index.html Designing and delivering the course "Global Energy Transitions and Climate Policy" as part of the master’s degree program in Environmental Technology & International Affairs held at the Technical University Vienna (TU Wien). More info on the program: https://www.tuwien.at/en/ace/masters-programs/msc-environmental-technology-intl-affairs More info on the course: https://teaching.ece.iiasa.ac.at/lectures/global-entrans-tuwien/index.html



Aalborg University

• Denmark
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2020

  - Cooperation with the Sustainable Energy Planning Research Group on different projects - Supervision of master's degree students in their project work - Research and publication on topics related to energy storage, EU energy markets, and the role of hydrogen

• Assistant Professor

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2019

  - Member of Sustainable Energy Planning Research Group - Analysis of the integration of wind and solar energy in multi-country energy systems - Research on the role of energy storage, interconnection, and flexibility in an EU-wide energy market - Supervision of student's project/thesis work



Aalto University

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

  Techo-economic and market analysis of flexibility solutions for integration of variable renewable energy

• Project Engineer/ Researcher

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2016

  - Techno-economic analysis of the integration of renewable energy and energy storage systems - Market value of energy storage in the Nordic power market - Model development and market analysis



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Fellow

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  - Modelling of short-term variability (due to variable renewable energy integration and international power market couplings) in long-term energy models - Modelling of short-term variability (due to variable renewable energy integration and international power market couplings) in long-term energy models



Aalborg University

• Denmark
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Apr 2015 - Jun 2015

  Conducting collaborative research at the Sustainable Energy Planning research group, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark The work included: - Modeling of national and international (multi-region) energy systems - Modeling of Northwestern EU power market - Studying the impact of Germany's Energy Transition (Energiewende) on the Nordic Countries Conducting collaborative research at the Sustainable Energy Planning research group, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark The work included: - Modeling of national and international (multi-region) energy systems - Modeling of Northwestern EU power market - Studying the impact of Germany's Energy Transition (Energiewende) on the Nordic Countries



LUT University

• Finland
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2012 - Jun 2013

  - Energy efficiency practices in industrial and power plant pumping systems - Modeling and simulation of variable-speed drive (VSD) pumping systems in different power plants for different operation regimes (inc. part load) - Energy efficiency practices in industrial and power plant pumping systems - Modeling and simulation of variable-speed drive (VSD) pumping systems in different power plants for different operation regimes (inc. part load)



LUT Energy

• Lappeenranta, Finland

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  - Modeling and simulation of biofuel production processes (torrefaction) - Integration of torrefaction reactor into CHP plant (biorefinery concept) - Energy optimization study of the combined plant - Modeling and simulation of biofuel production processes (torrefaction) - Integration of torrefaction reactor into CHP plant (biorefinery concept) - Energy optimization study of the combined plant