Renewable Energy and Resources

Anatoly Ilyich Nikitin is a physicist. In 1965 he graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow University. In 1965 he received a PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the Lebedev Physical Institute, and in 1989 he received a Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from the Karpov Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry. He was engaged in the creation and study of a hydrogen maser and high-power pulsed chemical lasers on reactions of fluorine with hydrogen and deuterium. He studied selective chemical reactions during laser multiphoton dissociation of freon molecules, which are used to separate carbon isotopes, and also studied gas combustion processes stimulated by plasma. In 1998, he proposed a new model of ball lightning and then for 20 years was engaged in modeling its properties. In 2008, he was elected Secretary of the International Committee of Ball Lightning. In 2022, he published the monograph "My Ball Lightning".

Qi-fen Li is a professor at Shanghai Electric Power University. She is the vice chairman of the special committee of Shanghai distributed energy industry technology innovation strategic alliance, and also a member of the expert group of Shanghai Energy "13th five year plan" and "14th five year plan" science and technology support plan. She is the project leader and planning writer of the comprehensive energy "14th five year plan" of Lingang New Area of China (Shanghai) pilot free trade zone. Now, she is mainly engaged in the planning, design, demonstration, promotion and implementation of new energy, distributed energy and integrated smart energy. Through years of project accumulation and technology research and development in the field of comprehensive energy, Qi-fen Li led the team to form a set of new energy multi energy complementarity and regional comprehensive energy planning and operation and maintenance optimization methods with complete processes and advanced concepts, which have been applied to many landmark comprehensive energy demonstration projects such as Shanghai Lingang New Area and Shanghai Disney park.

Qi-fen Li is a professor at Shanghai Electric Power University. She is the vice chairman of the special committee of Shanghai distributed energy industry technology innovation strategic alliance, and also a member of the expert group of Shanghai Energy "13th five year plan" and "14th five year plan" science and technology support plan. She is the project leader and planning writer of the comprehensive energy "14th five year plan" of Lingang New Area of China (Shanghai) pilot free trade zone. Now, she is mainly engaged in the planning, design, demonstration, promotion and implementation of new energy, distributed energy and integrated smart energy. Through years of project accumulation and technology research and development in the field of comprehensive energy, Qi-fen Li led the team to form a set of new energy multi energy complementarity and regional comprehensive energy planning and operation and maintenance optimization methods with complete processes and advanced concepts, which have been applied to many landmark comprehensive energy demonstration projects such as Shanghai Lingang New Area and Shanghai Disney park

Paul Grunow has completed his Ph.D at the age of 30 years from Technical University Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and postdoctoral studies from the COPPE/UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the general manager of Trinity Solarbeteiligungen GmbH, an investment company in renewable energies. Before, he co-founded three companies in the area of photovoltaics based in Berlin, i.e. Solon, Q-Cells, PI Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin. He has published more than 12 papers in reputed journals.

Hafedh TRABELSI studied in Ecole National d’Ingénieurs de Sfax ENIS from 1983 to 1989, In 1990, M.S. degree received from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, in 1994 the PhD degree at the University of Paris XI, Orsay, France, and in 2008 the Research Management Ability degree from ENIS, All in electrical engineering. He joined the Tunisian University in 1995; He is currently a Professor of Electric Power Engineering at ENIS.

Sulaiman Alyahya is an academic professor by by profession and works with one of the govrnment univerities in Saudi Arabia. He holds a BSc in Agricultural engineering from King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) and MSc and PhD in agricultural engineering from Iowa State University(USA). Sulaiman has 30 years of experience in education, research and administration.  Curently, his main interest is in biomass energy. Sulaiman grew up in one of the agricultural cities of Saudi Arabia

Lorenzo Brilli started its experience at University of Florence Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences in 2009. His scientific interests involve the application of biogeochemical modelling (i.e., DayCent, DNDC and more) and remote sensing modelling (e.g., C-fix; Biome-BGC) over agricultural, forestry and agroforestry (orchards and vineyards) systems. In the last years, his scientific interests extend to air quality dynamics, investigating air pollutant patterns and citizen exposure. He participates to several projects assessing air quality effects at regional (VEG-LU-PM10) and national (PUJ-UIA, TRAFAIR) level. For the years 2015-2019 he was professor of the Agrometeorology Course of the Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development master’s degree (6 CFU) and continued to be involved as teaching assistant and external expert in seminars and fieldworks for the Climate Monitoring Course of the Forestry and Environmental  Science Academic degree (3 CFU). He is author of more 30 peer-reviewed papers published on international scientific journal.

Ayat-allah Bouramdane completed her Engineer's degree in Energy at the School of Energy Engineering of the International University of Rabat (UIR), in 2017, in Morocco, with  thesis on the implementation of different structure of hybrid systems in different regions of Morocco at the Green Energy Park platform of the Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN). In 2016, Ayat-allah had the opportunity to participate in an exchange program where she spent six months at the European School of Materials Engineering (EEIGM) and National School of Electricity and Mechanics (ENSEM) of the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France. Then, in 2018, Ayat-allah completed her master in Energy & Environment: Science Technology & Management «STEEM » at Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau (Paris), France, with a thesis on the operation of photovoltaic power plants: Data processing & analysis, modeling and faults diagnosis at GeePs - Group of electrical engineering – Paris of CentraleSupelec. These experiences inspired Ayat-allah to contribute to a transition towards a greener future. Ayat-allah is currently PhD student at the Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology of Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France). Her research interests lie in the fields of renewable energies and climate change.

Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy is professor of International Business and Corporate Strategy at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). He holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Management and degrees in Economics, Sociology and Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is visiting scholar at IMT Atlantique in Nantes, France, and King Juan Carlos University in Madrid. His research activity is focused on Sustainability, Energy Policy, Renewable Energies and Water Management. He coordinates doctoral programmes and tutors the research of doctoral students.

Jianlong Bai received the B.S. degree in metallurgy engineering from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 1999 and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Shenyang University of Technology, in 2006. Now, he is an interdisciplinary researcher, researches what he can touch though mainly in electrical - renewable energy generation, electric propulsions, South Australia blackouts, distinctive Hyperloop, etc. And as  an engineer, he always engages in R&D of electric machine.

Mateo Gasparovic, Ph.D. is the head of the chair of photogrammetry and remote sensing of the faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb. As a scientist, Prof. Gasparovic actively works on the development and application of advanced remote sensing and photogrammetry methods in environmental science, geoinformation system, documentation of cultural heritage and the development of UAVs.

Marian Niesler is research worker, associate professor, Head of the Department of Primary Processes. Specialist in the field of blast furnace process, iron ore sintering, environmental protection and implementation of new fuels and reducing agents in metallurgical processes. An expert in the field of best available BAT techniques for steel iron production. Four industry guides on the application of BAT techniques for the metallurgical industry and administration were created under the order of the Ministry of the Environment.

Maria del Pilar Amador Alarcón is an expert in digital competencies. Particularly in Digital Security. The environment protection competences are one of her research lines. She has contributed with research related to the perception of students about the protection of digital data and the environment. The foundation is based on the Framework of digital competences in students (INTEF,2017) which is a benchmark in digital competences for teachers and students. Allowing to propose strategies for the development of them and more now that we are in a connected world.

Mohammed Hussain Alanbari is a industrial engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, master in control and instrumentation and energy from the University of Brighton in London, specialist in industrial automation. Projects: SPRIT PAORAMA (perception and navigation organization for autonomous mobile applications), BRITE PSYCHO (powerful tools for identification and control of highly non-linear process) MAVIR, SINAMED, ISIS, TEFILA2. He is currently working in the fields of applying nanotechnologies in renewable energy.

Zhenbin is a visiting faculty affiliate for the China energy group, energy technologies area, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2018-2019. His work focuses on energy economics, electricity markets, and electricity system modeling. He presently studies the development of power sector, renewable energy integration and interconnection between power market and carbon market in China mainly. He holds a PhD in technical economics and management from NCEPU.

Edilson León Moreno Cárdenas is an Agricultural Engineering by profession and works with the National University of Colombia in Medellín, Colombia. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Engineering and Energy at the University of Concepcion of Chile and He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Biotechnology at the National University of Colombia of Colombia. Edilson has 10 years of public practice and 7 years of private practices as Agricultural Engineering. He has also been involved in investigations related to coffee processing in Colombia. He has participated as a speaker in several academic events in Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and the United States. Edilson Moreno grew up in Medellin and is passionate about renewable energies and its application in the agriculture.