Academic profile

I am an FNRS Research Associate (Chercheur Qualifié) and professor at the University of Liège, head of the Integrated and Sustainable Energy Systems (ISES) Research group

I conduct research in the field of Integrated Energy Systems, mainly focused on the transition towards clean and renewable energy production. In the course of my work I created and lead the development of various open-source modelling tools, such as MicrogridsPy, Dispa-SET or ProsumPy.

Research topics

Energy planning:

• Energy sufficiency
• Heat integration into energy systems and deployment of renewables
• Integrated energy systems & sector coupling

International development:

• Energy transition in developing countries
• Rural electrification pathways and microgrids

Open-Source Projects

• RAMP: Software suite for the stochastic simulation of user-driven energy demand time series
• Dispa-SET: Power market model including unit commitment and optimal dispatch
• GPExp: A Gaussian Processes framework for the analysis of Experimental Data
• ThermoCycle: A Modelica Library for the dynamic modelling of thermal systems
• CoolProp: An open-source, cross-platform, free property database based in C++ that includes pure fluids, pseudo-pure fluids, and humid air properties.

Contact

Université de Liège
Energy Systems Research Unit
Campus du Sart Tilman, Quartier Polytech 1
Allée de la Découverte 17 (Bâtiment B49)
B–4000 LIEGE (BELGIUM)
Phone : +32 4 366 48 22