Research Title: "Planning New Zealand’s Energy Transition: Multi-Energy System Optimization with Green Hydrogen"
Main Supervisor: Jannik Haas
Co-supervisor: Rebecca Peer
Associate Supervisor: Hans Christian Gils (German Aerospace Center, DLR)
Research interests: Renewable Energy, Energy Systems Modelling, Sector Coupling, Electrification, Power Systems
Academic history:
Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
HINT PhD Scholarship Recipient (2022-2025).
Collaborative research: Ongoing collaborations with LUT Finland (EnergyPLAN), OTH Regensburg (PyPSA), FCFM UChile (resilience), UC Berkeley (H₂ for trucks), and University of Cambridge (H₂ supply chain).
Guest Researcher, Energy Systems Modelling (Jun – Dec 2024)
Institute of Networked Energy Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany
Integrated green energy carriers into NZ’s energy system model using the REMix framework.