Experience

Leipzig University

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resources Management

  • Mar 2009 - Present

  Professor for Energy Management and Sustainability Research Foci- Technical and economic optimization of decentral energy systems (e.g., virtual power plants)- Socio-economic optimization and agent-based modeling of local energy systems - Electricity market models at the national and European level- Integrated assessment models of global climate change

• Speaker of the Core Research Area on "Sustainable Systems and Biodiversity"

  • 2014 - Present



Institute for Energy Policy and Energy Economics

• Leipzig und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Chairman of the Executive Committee

  • Oct 2009 - Present

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Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW

• Germany
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Division, Sustainability Management and Infrastructure Economy

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2017



Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

• Coordinating Lead Author

  • Dec 2008 - Apr 2014

  Coordinating lead author (CLA) of chapter 7 on "Energy Systems" and lead author of the "Summary for Policymaker" and the "Technical Summary" of the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the IPCC. Lead author of six chapters of the "Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation" (SRREN). Coordinating lead author (CLA) of chapter 7 on "Energy Systems" and lead author of the "Summary for Policymaker" and the "Technical Summary" of the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the IPCC. Lead author of six chapters of the "Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation" (SRREN).



European Geosciences Union (EGU)

• Germany
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of the Section “Energy, Resources, and the Environment (ERE)”

  • 2005 - 2009



Berlin Institute of Technology (Technische Universität Berlin)

• United Kingdom
• Research
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head of the Research Group "Energy System Optimization and Climate Protection"

  • Jul 2000 - Aug 2008

  Head of the Research Group "Energy System Optimization and Climate Protection" at the Institute for Energy Engineering. Lecturer at the Faculty for Process Sciences of the Technical University of Berlin (2001-2008). Head of the Research Group "Energy System Optimization and Climate Protection" at the Institute for Energy Engineering. Lecturer at the Faculty for Process Sciences of the Technical University of Berlin (2001-2008).



PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

• Germany
• Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Jun 1996 - Jun 2000

  Research Foci - Integrated-Assessment-Models - Environmental Economics - Decision Theories - Cost-Benefit Analysis - Optimal Method of Controlling - Control Theories - Differential Inclusions Research Foci - Integrated-Assessment-Models - Environmental Economics - Decision Theories - Cost-Benefit Analysis - Optimal Method of Controlling - Control Theories - Differential Inclusions