DoctorRebecca Peer

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 (𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐆) is working on:
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Solar Engineering
- Power-to-X systems
- Energy storage
- Energy transitions modelling
- Carbon-negative systems

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬: Rebecca Peer and Jannik Haas

Academics: 

David Dempsey (carbon removal and geothermal energy)

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬:
Sameen Bushra (PhD researcher): co-optimization of water-energy infrastructures
Rafaella Canessa (PhD researcher): energy transitions for New Zealand including green hydrogen applications
Akash Handique (PhD researcher): energy transitions for the Pacific Islands
Stella Steidl (PhD researcher): urban energy hubs with green hydrogen
Karan Titus (PhD researcher): carbon-negative geothermal energy
Hadi Vatankhah (PhD researcher): sustainable energy hubs
Francisco Astorga (PhD researcher): life cycle environmental and social impacts of energy futures
Madison Zegeer (PhD researcher): robust decision-making for energy futures
TBA (incoming PhD researcher): technoeconomic assessment of hydrogen geostorage in New Zealand's energy future

Francisco Flores (international PhD researcher from Uni. Catolica Valparaiso): energy transitions for South America including international trade
Patrick Martin (international PhD researcher from Uni. Stuttgart): smart water-energy systems
Matias Paredes (international PhD researcher from Uni. Chile): deep uncertainty decision-making for energy transitions


𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟:
Allan Scott, Low-Carbon Concrete & Sequestration, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, UC
Mehdi Ekbatani, Transportation Systems, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, UC
Markus Pahlow, Water Systems, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, UC
Grant Read, Power Economics, Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering, UC

Alaa Alhamwi, Energy Systems Analysis, German Aerospace Centre, Germany
Christian Breyer, Solar Economy, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland
Felipe Feijoo, Electrical Power Systems, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile
Hans Christian Gils, Energy Systems Analysis, German Aerospace Centre, Germany
Pierluigi Mancarella, Chair Of Electrical Power Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wided Medjroubi, Energy Systems Analysis, German Aerospace Centre, Germany
Rodrigo Moreno, Institute of Complex Engineering Systems, University of Chile, Chile
Wolfgang Nowak, Stochastic Simulation and Safety Research for Hydrosystems, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Rodrigo Palma, Energy Center, University of Chile, Chile
Rachel Wagner, Saint Francis University, U.S.
Manuel Wetzel, Energy Systems Analysis, German Aerospace Centre, Germany


𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 (sorted by date):
Leon Schumm (visiting researcher from University of Regensburg, Germany, 2024): PyPSA for New Zealand
Ali Torkayesh (visiting researcher from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, 2024): social preferences on future energy systems
Manuel Wetzel (visiting researcher from German Aerospace Centre, Germany, 2024): hydrogen infrastructure planning for NZ and Germany
Patrick Martin (visiting researcher from University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2024): smart water-energy systems
Melissa Ale (visiting researcher from University of Chile, Chile, 2023): resilient planning for NZ's energy system
Ashish Gulagi (visiting researcher from Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland, 2023): multi-sector planning for NZ
Will McNeil (visiting researcher from University of California Berkeley, U.S., 2023): sustainable heavy-truck transport
Rachel Wagner (visiting professor from Saint Francis University, U.S., 2023): co-impacts of energy transitions
Christina Benighaus (visiting senior researcher from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2023): social risk communications of energy transitions
Carlos Alvear (visiting researcher from the University of Chile, Chile, 2022): strategic hydrogen reserves for NZ and Chile