Research

ResearchGate: Philipp Staudt

Interests: 

• Energy Economics and Mechanism Design
• Applications of Game Theory and Agent-Based Modeling
• Data Mining & Analytics Methods

Brief Description
Philipp joined the chair in May 2016 and defended his dissertation on Transmission Congestion Management in Electricity Grids - Designing Markets and Mechanisms in June 2019. He heads the research group since February 2018 and his research is focused on energy market design, sector coupling and the smart grid. He holds a master’s degree in Mathematics and Economics and consequently his methodological focus is simulation, game theory and applications of data analytics. Philipp is a reviewer for various journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy and Applied Energy and served on the organizational boards of the DACH+ Energy Informatics and ACM eEnergy conferences. In April 2022, Philipp started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Phone: +49 (721) 608-48381
Mail: sarah henni(at)kit edu 

Interests:

• Market Engineering for Storage Technologies
• Intelligent Storage Operation
• Flexibility in Smart Grids

Brief Description

Sarah joined the chair in August 2019. She holds an M.Sc.  in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the deployment and operation strategies for battery storage in low-carbon energy systems. As part of the project "Storage in the Loop", Sarah investigates storage requirements in Baden-Württemberg on distribution network level until 2050. Her methods include optimization methods as well as machine learning algorithms to design novel operation strategies and concepts that allow a profitable operation of battery storage in multiple markets.

LinkedIn: Bent Richter

ResearchGate: Bent Richter

Interests:

IT Architecture For Local Energy Markets

Researchgate: Marc Schmidt

Interests:

• Electromobility
• Charging infrastructure systems

Phone: +49 (721) 608-48377

Mail: frederik scheidt [at] kit edu

Interests: 

• • • • • • • • • • • • • Optimization of hydrogen supply chains and their integration into the power system
                        • Data analytics & machine learning on smart meter data
                        • Economic analyses of electricity tariffs and their effects

Brief Description
Frederik vom Scheidt strongly believes that for a successful energy transition, novel technologies like hydrogen, heat pumps, and electric vehicles need to be integrated in the energy system by economically efficient, innovative mechanisms. Therefore, he focused his PhD dissertation on engineering electricity tariffs, forecasting applications, and econometric models for the integration of such technologies. Frederik conducted research stays at MIT (USA) and NTNU (Norway). He holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from KIT.

Mail: armin.golla@kit.edu

Research Interests:

• Sector coupling in energy networks
• Direct policy search for integrated energy communities
• Market design for integrated energy communities

Brief Description

Armin is part of the chair since 2019 and holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the KIT. He believes that the heat sector is an integral part of a successful energy transition and therefore focuses his research on the application of sector coupling in energy systems. Armin is currently working in the SMaaS project where his goal is to enable citizens to install energy infrastructure in their communities. His methodological focus is simulation, evolutionary algorithms, and the application of data analytics.

Phone: +49 (721) 9654-810

Mail: jingyi qu [at] kit edu

Interests:

• • • • • • • • • • Energy Analytics
                  • Smart Grids
                  • Simulation
                  • Economic Analyses of Power-to-Gas

• • • • • • • • • Decision support for the green transformation of the energy sector.
                • Improving forecasts for energy districts
                • Value-added services Smart Meter
                • Situation awareness regarding energy consumption

Brief Description
Saskia joined the chair in September 2021 and holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from KIT. Her research interests are around decision support to foster the green transformation in the energy sector. Her research focuses on improving forecasts for energy communities, energy consumption awareness and value-adding services using smart meters. Before joining the SGEM research group, she worked as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and then as a research assistant at RWTH Aachen working on the digitalization of the railway industry.

Mail: malin.lange@kit.edu

Interests:

• Tariff designs for system-serving integration of flexibilities
• efficient system integration of hydrogen supply chains
• Incentive mechanisms to avoid grid expansion
• • • • • • • • • • • •  

Brief Description

Malin studied at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Luleå University of Technology, holding a master's degree in industrial engineering (KIT). During her studies, she focused on energy economics and renewable energy systems. Since May 2022, she is a research associate of the research group Smart Grids and Energy Markets and the research training group Energy Status Data at KIT, focusing on incentive mechanisms for grid-friendly behavior to avoid grid expansions and congestions.