Participants

Technical University of Denmark

  • Professor
  • Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Prof. Fredrik Haglind has extensive expertise within sustainable thermal power with focus on advanced turbomachinery, thermo-mechanical energy storage, efficient heat transfer, and sustainable heat-to-power conversion technologies. His research group is among the leading research groups worldwide within thermal sciences.

  • Researcher
  • Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Dr Rohit Kothari has expertise in heat transfer analysis of advanced thermal systems, including thermo-mechanical energy storage solutions such as pumped thermal energy storage and liquid air energy storage systems, cooling strategies for electronic devices and thermal management systems for electric vehicle battery packs.

  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Dr Arun K. Raj has expertise in thermal energy conversion and storage, numerical and experimental heat transfer and fluid flow, and solar-thermal systems. He is also working on the MAX4LES, an MSCA-EU project.

  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Simone Parisi specializes in sustainable energy systems, with a focus on thermo-mechanical energy storage, heat pumps, and advanced turbomachinery design. His research includes techno-economic optimization and the development of innovative turbomachinery concepts, including reversible radial-flow turbomachines and two-phase turbines.

  • Administrative staff
  • Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Adriana Gliozzo Kerrn-Jespersen has over six years of experience in HR and project coordination. She has developed strong skills in problem-solving, communication, budgeting, and business planning. She has worked in various international environments, collaborating with clients, authorities, and stakeholders to ensure smooth and efficient project execution.

Uppsala University

  • Professor
  • Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Structural Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden

Prof. Daniel Brandell is well-established in the battery research area. His work is focused on Li-ion batteries and next-generation battery chemistries, primarily involving materials science and overall cell chemistry and battery behaviour. His research background is in modelling, but is today most active in experimental research, and is as such active in bridging modelling studies with experimental work.

  • Professor
  • Department of Electrical Engineering; Division of Electricity, Uppsala University, Sweden

Prof. Rafael Waters specializes in smart grid solutions with an emphasis on city integrated applications including smart charging and energy communities. He has extensive experience in co-creation with public sector stakeholders, universities in the Global South, and the UNDP.

  • Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor
  • Department of Electrical Engineering; Division of Electricity, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr Karin Thomas has an extensive expertise in power systems, renewable energy, electromobility, and grid integration.

  • Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor
  • Department of Electrical Engineering; Division of Electricity, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr Janaina Goncalves de Oliveira has experience in the field of electrical engineering, as well as in the control of systems and the application of power electronics to renewable energy, energy storage and real time simulation. 

  • Associate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor
  • Department of Electrical Engineering; Division of Electricity, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr Jennifer Leijon has experience in the field of energy systems for societal electrification. Her most recent research includes investigations on different types of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Previously, she has also worked with solutions for electricity and water production.

  • Assistant Professor (Docent)
  • Division of Electricity, Department of Electrical Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr Valeria Castellucci has expertise within electromobility with focus on vehicle-grid interaction. She conducts research on smart electric vehicle (EV) charging, energy management systems in EV charging infrastructures, and energy communities. She leads projects in collaboration with stakeholders from the private and public sector to co-create research with relevant stakeholders.

  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Structural Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr Wendi Guo has expertise in battery technology, focusing on fast charging, charging protocols optimization, digital twin development, physics-informed machine learning, and reliability enhancement.

University of Vaasa

  • Associate Professor (IEEE senior member)
  • School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland

Dr Mazaher Karimi specializes in substation automation systems and wide-area monitoring, protection, and control schemes for power systems powered by renewable energies, contributing to green electrification. His research interests include smart grid applications, distributed generation, digitalization, power system stability, and frequency control.

  • Senior Researcher
  • School of Marketing and Communication, Marketing, University of Vaasa, Finland

Dr Mona Enell-Nilsson has extensive knowledge, understanding and experiences of leading and carrying out projects within the domain of stakeholder and citizen engagement, social acceptance consumer behaviour, business models and ecosystems in the context of energy transition.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
  • School of Marketing and Communication, Marketing, University of Vaasa, Finland

Dr Shah Rukh Shakeel has expertise in technology management, cleantech, energy transitions, technology adoption diffusion, business models, consumer behavior, social acceptance, citizen engagement, innovation ecosystem and energy justice.

  • Project Researcher & Doctoral Student
  • School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, Finland

Dr Hossein Naderian's research interests include applied research, financial management, renewable energy, data science, energy management, green mini-grids, business models, V2X applications, ZEBs.

  • Project researcher
  • School of Technology and Innovations, Electrical Engineering, University of Vaasa, Finland

Dr Tohid Abedi has worked on electricity markets and pricing in networks with high penetration of renewable energy resources. His research interests include microgrid planning and operation, power system optimization, frequency control, and the integration of electric vehicles.

  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • School of Technology and Innovations, Electrical Engineering, University of Vaasa, Finland

Dr. Solomon Abebe Asfaw has extensive expertise in energy system modeling. His research focuses on the design, operation, and sustainability of future energy systems, particularly addressing the challenges of variable renewable energy integration, energy storage, and the biophysical limits to energy transitions.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
  • School of Marketing and Communication, Marketing, University of Vaasa, Finland

Dr Sanna Tuomela specializes in human-computer interaction, energy system digitalization, and demand flexibility. She also coordinates the 6G-enabled sustainable society research program and the 6G flagship energy vertical.

Scania CV AB

  • Senior Engineer, Cell Development, SCANIA CV AB, Sweden
  • Lead for simulations roadmap and framework for the cell development

Dr Shruti Srivastav has a decade of experience in electrochemical modelling and simulations with a focus on high-fidelity battery models and systems level modelling. She is an expert in virtual testing and cell development for the automotive batteries. She works along with various universities for the cell integration concepts and is an adjunct associate professor at Uppsala University.

  • Head of Predevelopment Powertrain Control System Development, SCANIA CV AB, Sweden

Dr. Jonas Holmborn coordinates and initiates pre-development projects within powertrain control systems. He initiates and supports both internal and external research collaborations with universities and institutes.

  • Technology leader for Electrification, R&D, SCANIA CV AB, Sweden
  • Head of Battery Cell Development, SCANIA CV AB, Sweden
  • Senior Engineer, SCANIA CV AB, Sweden
  • Lead for the battery cell team at Scania Materials Technology

Dr Matthew Lacey is a technical expert in battery technology, specializing in lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and 3D micro-batteries. Bridging academic research with industrial development, he has led innovative research projects and developed internationally recognized analytical methods.

Frederiksberg Forsyning A/S

  • Head of strategy and business support, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Denmark

Kristian E. Beyer is leading the supporting staff responsible for Business Development, strategy, project management, legal affairs and communication. He has been involved in implementing vehicle-to-everything in the company in charge of visits, communications and public relations.

Energinet

  • Internal at Energinet Business
  • Developer at DataHub

Christian Adelhardt is a business developer skilled in analyzing data, predicting trends, and creating strategic perspectives to drive growth in the energy sector. He has experience in grid operations related to charging infrastructure and implementing vehicle-to-everything technology.

  • Graduate at Energinet
  • Developer at DataHub

Martin Anker Dahl-Hansen is a B.Sc. graduate in Business Development Engineering. As a business developer in the DataHub team, he focuses on developing future charging solutions for electric vehicles.