Jalal Kazempour - Supervision

Supervision

Ph.D. Students - Ongoing

Ph.D. Students - Alumni

Postdocs

Research Assistants

Visiting Scholars

Visiting Ph.D. Students

M.Sc. thesis projects

B.Sc. thesis projects

Ph.D. Students - Ongoing

5 students

[5] Marco Saretta (DTU), Industrial PhD with Rambøll [ DTU | LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: September 2024-ongoing
Joint supervision with Søren Møller Thomsen (Rambøll) and Enrica Raheli (Rambøll)
Thesis: Commoditizing green hydrogen in Europe: From efficient market design to optimal contracting and investment

[4] Yannick Heiser (DTU) [ DTU | LinkedIn ]

MSc in Physics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
PhD student: May 2024-ongoing
Joint supervision with Farzaneh Pourahmadi (DTU) and Lesia Mitridati (DTU)
Thesis: Data-driven optimization and machine learning for operation and control of PtX hybrid plants

[3] Torine Reed Herstad (DTU) [ DTU | LinkedIn ]

MSc in Mathematical Modeling and Computing, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: January 2024-ongoing
Joint supervision with Lesia Mitridati (DTU) and Bert Zwart (TU/e)
Thesis: Probabilistic dimensioning and market design of ancillary services

[2] Andrea Gloppen Johnsen (DTU) [ DTU | LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: June 2022-ongoing (planned defense date: September 5, 2025)
Joint supervision with Lesia Mitridati (DTU)
Thesis: Market-based operation of renewable electrolyzer plants
Examination committee: Shmuel Oren (University of California at Berkeley), Kenneth Bruninx (TU Delft), and Lena Kitzing (DTU)

[1] Thomas Falconer (DTU) [ DTU | LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Energy Systems and Data Analytics, University College London, UK
PhD student: May 2022-ongoing (planned defense date: August 28, 2025)
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (Imperial College London)
Thesis: Mechanism design for selling data
Examination committee: Munther Dahleh (MIT), Rachel Cummings (Columbia University), and Lesia Mitridati (DTU)

Ph.D. Students - Alumni

14 students

[14] Bennevis Crowley (DTU) [ LinkedIn ]

MSc in Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: December 2021-January 2025; Defense: March 18, 2025
Joint supervision with Lesia Mitridati (DTU)
Thesis: Energy communities providing grid services [ Manuscript | video ]
Examination committee: Thomas Morstyn (University of Oxford), Simon Tindemans (TU Delft), and Claire Bergaentzlé (DTU)

PhD Defense of Bennevis Crowley

[13] Peter Vistar Gade (DTU), Industrial PhD with IBM [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Mathematical Modeling and Computing, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: June 2021-May 2024; Defense: August 19, 2024
Joint supervision with with Henrik W. Bindner (DTU) and Trygve Skjøtskift (IBM)
Thesis: Bringing demand-side flexibility to ancillary service markets [ Manuscript | slides | video ]
Examination committee: Johanna Mathieu (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Pierluigi Mancarella (University of Melbourne), and Kai Heussen (DTU)
Next position: Co-founder of a new start-up

PhD Defense of Peter Gade

[12] Yannick Werner (DTU & NTNU) [Google Scholar]

MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management, TU Berlin, Germany
PhD student: December 2020-November 2023; Defense: March 6, 2024
Joint supervision with Ruud Egging (NTNU)
Thesis: Modeling electrolyzers and gas networks for integration with power systems [ Manuscript ]
Examination committee: Victor Zavala (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Stein-Erik Fleten (NTNU), and Bissan Ghaddar (DTU)
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Graz University of Technology, Austria

[11] Enrica Raheli (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
PhD student: September 2019-October 2023; Defense: January 9, 2024
Thesis: Physics-aware operation of power-to-X and natural gas systems [ Manuscript | slides | video ]
Examination committee: Line Roald (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Josh Taylor (New Jersey Institute of Technology), and Chresten Træholt (DTU)
Next position: Energy System Analyst at Rambøll, Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD Defense of Enrica Raheli

[10] Linde Frölke (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Applied Mathematics, TU Delft, The Netherlands
PhD student: September 2019-March 2023
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (Imperial College London)
Thesis: Market design for future district heating systems [ Manuscript | slides | video ]
Examination committee: Erik Delarue (KU Leuven), Sonja Wogrin (TU Graz), and Shi You (DTU)
Next position: Data Scientist at Alliander, Arnhem, The Netherland

PhD Defense of Linde Frölke

[9] Adriano Arrigo (University of Mons, Belgium) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Electrical Engineering, University of Mons, Belgium
PhD student: August 2018-October 2022
Joint supervision with François Vallée (University of Mons)
Thesis: Advanced uncertainty- and physics-aware optimization for energy systems operation [ Manuscript | slides ]
Examination committee: Yury Dvorkin (Johns Hopkins University), Kenneth Bruninx (TU Delft), Bertrand Cornélusse (University of Liège), Daniel Tuyttens (UMons), Jean-François Toubeau (UMons), Zacharie De Grève (UMons), and Christophe Caucheteur (UMons)
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Mons, funded by Elia (Belgian TSO)

[8] Anubhav Ratha (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
PhD student: December 2018-June 2022
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (DTU) and Ana Virag (VITO)
Thesis: Market design for integrated energy systems of the future [ Manuscript | slides | video ]
Examination committee: Miguel F. Anjos (University of Edinburgh), Alexandre Street (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), and Spyros Chatzivasileiadis (DTU)
Next position: Data Scientist at Vestas, Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD Defense of

Anubhav Ratha

[7] Niklas Vespermann (Technical University of Munich, Germany) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
PhD student: January 2018-March 2022
Joint supervision with Thomas Hamacher (TU Munich)
Thesis: Market design for energy communities [ Manuscript | slides ]
Next position: Advisor (Referent) at German Regulatory Authority for the Gas and Electricity Sector, Bonn, Germany

[6] Vladimir Dvorkin (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar | Homepage ]

MSc in Economics, Higher School of Economics, Russia, and in Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: September 2017- March 2021
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Thesis: Stochastic and private energy system optimization [ Manuscript | slides | video ]
Examination committee: Alexander Shapiro (Georgia Tech), Adam Wierman (Caltech), and Spyros Chatzivasileiadis (DTU)
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Energy Initiative and MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
Current position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

PhD Defense of

Vladimir Dvorkin

[5] Anna Schwele (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Technology and Management, TU Munich, Germany
PhD student: September 2017-November 2020
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Thesis: Integration of electricity, natural gas and heat systems with market-based coordination [ Manuscript | slides | video ]
Examination committee: Ramteen Sioshansi (Ohio State University), Trine K. Boomsma (University of Copenhagen), and Qiuwei Wu (DTU)
Next position: Consultant at Ea Energy Analyses, Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD Defense of Anna Schwele

[4] Alexander Hermann (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: January 2015-June 2019
Joint supervision with Jacob Østergaard (DTU)
Thesis: Market-based methods for the coordinated use of distributed energy resources [ Manuscript | slides ]
Examination committee: Christoph Weber (University Duisburg-Essen), Florin Capitanescu (LIST, Luxembourg), and Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Next position: Data Scientist at IKEA, Malmö, Sweden

[3] Lesia Mitridati (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar | Homepage ]

MSc in Sciences and Executive Engineering, Mines Paris, France
PhD student: November 2015-May 2019
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Thesis: Market-based coordination of heat and electricity systems [ Manuscript ]
Examination committee: Steven Low (Caltech), Maryam Kamgarpour (ETH Zürich), and Spyros Chatzivasileiadis (DTU)
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Current position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at DTU, Department of Wind and Energy Systems

[2] Christos Ordoudis (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and in Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark
PhD student: July 2015-December 2018
Joint supervision with Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Thesis: Market-based approaches for the coordinated operation of electricity and natural gas systems [ Manuscript ]
Examination committee: Pascal Van Hentenryck (Georgia Tech), Afzal Siddiqui (UCL), and Spyros Chatzivasileiadis (DTU)
Next position: Market and Data Analyst at Ørsted, Copenhagen, Denmark

[1] Lazaros Exizidis (University of Mons, Belgium) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
PhD student: February 2013-December 2017
Joint supervision with François Vallée (University of Mons) and Zacharie De Grève (University of Mons)
Thesis: Electricity markets with high wind power penetration: Information sharing and incentive compatibility [ Manuscript ]
Examination committee: Damien Ernst (University of Liège), Dirk Van Hertem (KU Leuven), Georges Kariniotakis (Mines Paris), Francois Glineur (UCLouvain), Marc Pirlot (UMons), and Jacques Lobry (UMons)
Next position: Market Modeling Advisor at ENTSO-E, Brussels, Belgium

Postdocs

Ongoing (0), Completed (4)

[4] Arega Getaneh Abate (DTU and EPFL) [ Homepage | Google Scholar | LinkedIn ]

Recipient of a fellowship by the EuroTechPostdoc2 Programme (a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship) [ link ]
PhD in Mathematical Methods of Economics, Finance, and Actuarial Sciences, Brescia University, Italy
Postdoc period: January 2023-December 2024
Joint mentorship with Maryam Kamgarpour (EPFL)
Research on AI-assisted electricity market design for sustainability
Next position: Postdoctoral Researcher at DTU Management

[3] Bob pepin (DTU) [ LinkedIn ]

PhD in Mathematics, University of Luxembourg
Postdoc period: March 2023-December 2023
Research on optimal bidding in two-settlement markets
Next position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen in Applied Probability and Machine Learning

[2] Liyang Han (DTU) [ LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford, UK
Postdoc period: July 2020-June 2022
Joint mentorship with Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Research on data market design (part of Smart4RES project)
Next position: Senior Energy Markets Expert at Twig Energy, Copenhagen, Denmark

[1] Corey Kok (DTU) [ LinkedIn ]

PhD in Operations Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Postdoc period: March 2018-February 2020
Joint mentorship with Pierre Pinson (DTU)
Research on flexibility markets (part of EcoGrid 2.0 and EnergyLab Nordhavn projects)

Research Assistants

Ongoing (0), Completed (1)

[1] Alice Patig (DTU) [ DTU | LinkedIn | Google Scholar ]

MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK
Research assistance period: September 2022-March 2023
Research on modeling and optimization of electrolyzers (part of HOMEY project)

Visiting Scholars

Ongoing (0), Completed (2)

[2] Vladimir Dvorkin (Postdoc, MIT), 2022 (1 month)

[1] Jean-François Toubeau (Postdoc, University of Mons, Belgium), 2020 (1 month)

Visiting Ph.D. Students

Ongoing (0), Completed (17)

[17] Petra Drašković (University of Zagreb, Croatia), 2024 (4 months)

[16] Thomas Swarts (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands), 2024 (4 months)

[15] Owen Palmer (Mines Paris - PSL, France), 2024 (4 months)

[14] Max Bruninx (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), 2024, (1 month)

[13] Luca Santosuosso (Mines Paris - PSL, France), 2024 (4 months)

[12] Nick Harder (University of Freiburg, Germany), 2023 (5 months)

[11] Gabriele Volpato (University of Padova, Italy), 2022-2023 (6 months)

[10] Martina Gherardi (University of Bergamo, Italy), 2022-2023 (10 months)

[9] Pedro de Otaola Arca (IIT Comillas, Spain), 2022 (3 months)

[8] Aitazaz Ali Raja (TU Delft, The Netherlands), 2021-2022 (6 months)

[7] Miguel Angel Muñoz (University of Malaga, Spain), 2021 (3 months)

[6] Tuhin Poddar (University of Waterloo, Canada), 2019 (3 months)

[5] Ana Baringo (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), 2019 (3 months)

[4] Farzaneh Pourahmadi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran), 2018-2019 (13 months)

[3] Dimitrios Thomas (University of Mons, Belgium), 2018-2019 (4 months)

[2] Lazaros Exizidis (University of Mons, Belgium), 2015 (6 months)

[1] Victoria Guerrero Mestre (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), 2015 (6 months)

M.Sc. thesis projects

Ongoing (2), Completed (32)

[34] Asmus Winther Eriksen (with Reel, joint supervision with David Ipsen): Control and revenue distribution of shared hybrid PV and battery systems, 2025, ongoing

[33] Jan Leisbrock (joint supervision with Yannick Heiser and Farzaneh Pourahmadi): Feature-driven non-linear decision frameworks for trading wind power and hydrogen, 2025, ongoing

[32] Emma Kyvsgaard Bøttern: Stochastic programming for optimal bidding strategies in the FCR-D market, August 2024

[31] Magnus Højmark Kristensen (with Enfor, joint supervision with Rune Grønborg Junker): Power trading using distributionally robust optimisation and regulation power price forecasts, August 2024

[30] Carl Frederik Grønvald (joint supervision with Thomas Falconer): Online regression markets with varying feature space, August 2024

[29] Filip Petri Petersen (with Twig Energy, joint supervision with Liyang Han and Junesoo Shin): Techno-economic analysis of energy storage technologies under different use cases, July 2024

[28] Emil Ventzel Damm and Gustav Adelgaard Lunde (joint supervision with Peter Gade): The synergy effect of aggregating distributed units for FCR-D bidding, February 2024

[27] Julius Meier (with CBS, joint supervision with Alexandra Lüth): Impacts of grid-based green hydrogen production on congestion management, August 2023

[26] Junesoo Shin and Daniel Brøndsted Nielsen (joint supervision with Peter Gade and Lesia Mitridati): Optimal bidding for batteries in electricity markets: A comparative study of stochastic and feature-driven models, August 2023

[25] Manuel Tobias Baumhof (with Ørsted, joint supervision with Jens Jakob Sørensen, Mathias Stolpe, and Enrica Raheli): Optimal investment in a hybrid power plant with solid oxide electrolyzers, August 2023

[24] Valdemar Søgaard (joint supervision with Yannick Werner and Samuel Chevalier): Neural network constrained gas flow optimization model, July 2023

[23] Anton Ruby Larsen and Mads Esben Hansen (joint supervision with Andrea Gloppen Johnsen and Yannick Werner): Distributionally robust portfolio management for hybrid power plants, June 2023

[22] Anne Sofie Skak-Iversen (joint supervision with Bennevis Crowley): Heterogenous risk preferences and risk trading for energy communities providing ancillary services, June 2023

[21] Emil Helgren (joint supervision with Lesia Mitridati): Feature-driven trading of wind power and hydrogen, February 2023

[20] Marco Saretta (with Hybrid Greentech, joint supervision with Enrica Raheli and Roar Nicolaisen): Optimal operational scheduling for electrolyzers participating in ancillary service markets, February 2023

[19] Antons Osadcijs (with EA Energianalyse, joint supervision with János Hethey): Stochastic programming for the optimal operation of PtX, February 2023

[18] Oliver Toftegaard Jensen (joint supervision with Liyang Han): Investment decisions of distributed energy resources in an energy community built on cooperative game theory, August 2022

[17] Adam Suski (with The World Bank, joint supervision with Debabrata Chattopadhyay): Game-theoretic analysis of Ukraine day-ahead electricity market, March 2022

[16] Andrea Gloppen Johnsen and Matěj Novotný (with Ørsted, joint supervison with Jens Jakob Sørensen, Alexander Holm Kiilerich, and Shi You): Optimal investment in power-to-x systems, February 2022

[15] Bennevis Crowley: Local energy market design: Cooperative versus competitive schemes, November 2021

[14] Louise Dournon (joint supervision with Liyang Han): Data marketplace for power systems, July 2021

[13] Marion Buchou (with EDF Store & Forecast, joint supervision with Noemie Boissier): Distributed optimization applied to a pool of batteries, August 2020

[12] Louis Hubert (joint supervision with Anubhav Ratha): Tightened relaxation for the coordination problem of power and natural gas systems, June 2020

[11] Oseze Esther Iyore (joint supervision with Christos Ordoudis and Pierre Pinson): Data-driven distributionally robust offering strategy for a wind power producer, October 2019

[10] Alvaro Coll Martinez (joint supervision with Anna Schwele and Anubhav Ratha): Coordination of power and natural gas systems under uncertainty, July 2019

[9] Charlotte Vervaeren (joint supervision with Anna Schwele): Coordination of power, district heating and natural gas systems, June 2019

[8] Makedon Karasavvidis (joint supervision with Nicolo Mazzi and Ken McKinnon): Offering strategy of a power producer using block offers, January 2019 ( thesis )

[7] Lucien Bobo (joint supervision with Lesia Mitridati, Pierre Pinson, and Josh A. Taylor): Price-region bids: Integrating flexible infrastructures in electricity markets, December 2018 ( thesis )

[6] Adriano Arrigo (joint supervision with Christos Ordoudis): A technical survey on OPF under uncertainty: An extensive out-of-sample analysis, June 2018 ( thesis )

[5] Rafael Martinez Gordon (joint supervision with Pierre Pinson and Lejla Halilbasic): Cost-optimal ATCs in zonal electricity markets considering partial coordination between zones, February 2018

[4] Anna Schwele (joint supervision with Pierre Pinson): Impact of unit commitment constraints on generation expansion decisions under wind power uncertainty, July 2017 ( thesis )

[3] Vladimir Dvorkin (joint supervision with Pierre Pinson and Luis Baringo): Multi-stage strategic investment in CCGTs and wind power units via progressive hedging, July 2017 ( thesis )

[2] Nicolas Gfeller (joint supervision with Pierre Pinson): Future electricity market scenarios with local energy system including their opportunities and challenges in Sweden, July 2016 ( thesis )

[1] Helena Perez (joint supervision with Pierre Pinson): Strategic ramp offering of a conventional flexible producer in the electricity market, June 2016 ( thesis )

B.Sc. thesis projects

Ongoing (1), Completed (3)

[4] Zivota Milinkovic (joint supervision with Torine Reed Herstad): Data analysis: Dependence of system imbalance, imbalance prices, and reserve prices, 2025, ongoing

[3] Dawid Wikto Rataj and Benjamin Nadelmann (joint supervision with Arega Abate): Renewable expansion planning with emissions allowance trading, May 2024

[2] Junesoo Shin (joint supervision with Yannick Werner): Modeling gas flow directions as state variables: Does it provide more flexibility to power systems? August 2021

[1] Ida-Marie Palm (joint supervision with Linde Frölke): Open district heating: Pricing of excess heat, June 2021

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