Dr. Danial Esmaeili Aliabadi
Contact
Dr. phil.
Group Leader 'Renewable Energies'
Department of Bioenergy
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
in cooperation with:
Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum - DBFZ
Torgauer Straße 116
04347 Leipzig, Germany
Tel: +49-341-2434-581
danial.esmaeili@ufz.de

Experience
since 2022 |
Group Leader 'Renewable Energies' Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Department of Bioenergy |
since 2021 |
Postdoctoral Researcher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Department of Bioenergy |
2017-2020 |
Senior Researcher Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate IICEC-Sabancı University TIMES Energy Model |
2017-2017 |
Postdoctoral Researcher Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences |
2016-2017 |
Part time Instructor Özyeğin University Department of Industrial Engineering |
2012-2016 |
Ph.D. Student Sabancı University - Industrial Engineering Analysis of Collusion and Competition in Electricity Markets Using an Agent-Based Approach |
2009-2011 |
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering Qazvin Azad University |
2003-2008 |
B.Sc. Industrial Engineering Abhar Azad University |
Honors and Awards
- Invited Speaker to the Panel Session on Intelligent Decision Making in Power and Energy Systems Using Multi-agent Systems, @IEEE PES General Meeting in Denver, Colorado, 2022.
- Second place at AI Hero Hackathon on Energy Efficient AI, 2022
- Invited Speaker to the Panel Session on Artificial Intelligence Applications in Power Systems, with Focus on the Development of Local Energy Markets, Summer School @EPIA, 2019.
- Best Paper Award in Facility Planning and Management Track, IEOM 2012.
- Third place at International RoboCup competitions, Turkey, 2011.
- Third place at International RoboCup Competitions, Singapore, 2010.
Special Issues
Projects
PhD Students
- Katrina Chan
- Mohammad Sadr
Upcoming Publications
- Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Wulff, N., Jordan, M., Cyffka, K.F., Millinger, M., Soft-coupling energy and power system models to analyze pathways toward a de-fossilized German transport sector, Operations Research Proceedings, (accepted).
- Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Woensel, T.v., How Customer Choice Shapes Network Structure over Multiple Periods: Model and Solution, (under revision).
- Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Chan, K., Meisel, K., Jordan, M., Oesterle, I., Pregger, T., Thrän, D., Future renewable energy targets in the EU: Impacts on the German transport (submitted).
- Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Thrän, D., Integrating knowledge acquisition, visualization, and dissemination in energy system models: BENOPTex study (in preparation).
- Sadr, M., Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Avşar, B., Thrän, D., Assessing the seasonality impact on bioenergy production from energy crops in Germany, EUBCE 2023 (accepted).
- Jordan, M. et al., The controversial role of energy crops in the future German energy system: the trade offs of a phase-out and allocation priorities of the remaining biomass residues, (submitted)
- Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Jordan, M., Thrän, D., The complementary role of battery energy storage systems and bioenergy in future German transportation, EEM 2023 (accepted).
UFZ Publications
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2022 (5)
- Chan, K., Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Schneider, U.A., Thrän, D. (2022):
Diet-energy nexus: Meeting climate targets by shifts in food-demand
In: Chevet, P.-F., Scarlat, N., Grassi, A. (eds.)
30th European Biomass Conference : Setting the course for a biobased economy, 9 - 12 May 2022, Online
EUBCE Proceedings 2022
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, p. 322 - 324
full text (doi) - Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Chan, K. (2022):
The emerging threat of artificial intelligence on competition in liberalized electricity markets: A deep Q-network approach
Appl. Energy 325 , art. 119813
full text (doi) - Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Chan, K., Jordan, M., Millinger, M., Thrän, D. (2022):
Abandoning the residual load duration curve and overcoming the computational challenge
2022 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES) April 4-5, 2022, Aachen, Germany. Proceedings
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, NY, p. 1 - 6
full text (doi) - Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Thrän, D., Bezama, A., Avşar, B. (2022):
A systematic analysis of bioenergy potentials for fuels and electricity in Turkey: a bottom-up modeling
In: Constable, E.C. (ed.)
Transitioning to affordable and clean energy
Transitioning to Sustainability 7
MDPI, Basel, p. 295 - 314
full text (doi) - Millinger, M., Tafarte, P., Jordan, M., Musonda, F., Chan, K., Meisel, K., Esmaeili Aliabadi, D. (2022):
A model for cost- and greenhouse gas optimal material and energy allocation of biomass and hydrogen
SoftwareX 20 , art. 101264
full text (doi)
2021 (1)
- Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Çelebi, E., Elhüseyni, M., Şahin, G. (2021):
Modeling, simulation, and decision support
In: Pinto, T., Vale, Z., Widergren, S. (eds.)
Local electricity markets
Academic Press, Amsterdam, p. 177 - 197
full text (doi)
Past Publications
ORCID: 0000-0003-2922-2400