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Future Energy Systems Center

Collaborative research with industry in key technology areas to address the energy transition.

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Analyses that shape and influence policy, technology development, and future research.

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Researchers

Carlos Batlle Visiting Scientist
Pablo Duenas Martinez Research Scientist
Randall Field Executive Director, Future Energy Systems Center
Emre Gençer Principal Research Scientist
Howard Herzog Senior Research Engineer
Dharik Mallapragada Principal Research Scientist
Raanan Miller Program Manager, Future Energy Systems Center

Postdoctoral Associates

Vladimir Dvorkin Former Postdoctoral Fellow MIT Energy Initiative
Edward Graham Former Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative
Rahman Khorramfar Former Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative
Ruaridh Macdonald Former Postdoctoral Associate Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Tim Schittekatte Postdoctoral Associate Sloan School of Management
Philipp Staudt Postdoctoral Fellow MIT Energy Initiative

Students

Marc Barbar PhD Student Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Les Gabriel Armstrong Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Youssef Hassan Sayed Shaker Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Serena Patel Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Lelia Marie Hampton Graduate Student Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jack Morris Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Morgan Santoni-Colvin Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program

Alumni

Abhishek Bose Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Scott Burger PhD Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Aurora Edington Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Guannan He Former Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative
Jesse Jenkins PhD Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Cristian Junge Graduate Student System Design and Management
Nikifar Lazouski PhD Department of Chemical Engineering
Thaneer Malai Narayanan PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Mowry Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Nestor Sepulveda PhD Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Cathy Wang Graduate Student Technology and Policy Program
Bolun Xu Postdoctoral Associate MIT Energy Initiative

Recent Publications

Power crisis in the EU 3.0: Proposals to complete long-term markets

March 2023

Electricity retail rate design in a decarbonizing economy: An analysis of time-of-use and critical peak pricing

October 2022

Electricity distribution concessions in Odisha

September 2022

The Future of Energy Storage

May 2022

Power price crisis in the EU 2.0+: Desperate times call for desperate measures

April 2022

Decarbonization of the Indian electricity sector: Technology choices and policy trade-offs

March 2022

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Research Areas

Recent News

To decarbonize the chemical industry, electrify it

Researchers urge industry and the research community to explore electrification pathways to reduce chemical industry emissions.

Flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage

Guiding future research pathways

Using combustion to make lithium-ion batteries

Electricity storage for the energy transition

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