Philipp completed his PhD at TU Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Frank Behrendt. https://www.evur.tu-berlin.de/menue/ueber_uns/leitung/

Philipp hat an der TU Berlin unter der Betreuung von Prof. Frank Behrendt promoviert. 

Philipp joined the RLI in 2011 as a PhD student and started developing the research field Off-Grid Systems, which he now leads as division head, in addition to his position as graduate school head. In 2019, Philipp became a Visiting Scholar at the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at the University of California, Berkeley, as part of the C-BEAR+ project, and a selected member of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences (AGYA) at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW).

What is the quickest way of decarbonising passenger transport? That is the question Marlin Arnz is investigating in long-term scenarios, using transport and energy modelling. He focuses on measures of avoiding unnecessary traffic and shifting traffic to more energy-efficient modes – strategies that are deemed crucial but have not been sufficiently investigated to date.

He is supervised by Prof. C. von Hirschhausen at the Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy at TU Berlin.

While studying for his degree in Industrial Engineering and Management, Marlin Arnz looked at the energy system transition from a modelling point of view as well as working in data analysis as a student assistant. He completed his Master's thesis on an innovative high-speed rail freight transport concept at the German Aerospace Centre.

Anya is working on flexibility in the future energy system. She assesses the way in which decentralised flexibility options such as electric vehicles and heat pumps can contribute to a stable operation of the power system. Furthermore, she investigates what economic incentive schemes are best suited to favour a system-friendly deployment of flexibility options.

Her PhD is supervised by Prof. Gabriela Hug, head of the Power Systems Laboratory at ETH Zürich.

During her degree in of Renewable Energy Engineering and Sustainable Electrical Energy Supply at the University of Stuttgart, Anya studied different renewable energy sources and their integration into the electrical grid. Alongside her studies, she taught classes in renewable energy and was involved in students' union work. Between her studies and the start of her PhD, she worked as a software developer and researcher.

Alexandra Krumm is working on the social aspects of the energy system transition, including the design of a socially just energy system transition, the roles of different actors in the transformation process, and public participation. She uses social science methods and combines them with quantitative energy models.

Her work is supervised by Prof. Dr. Pao-Yu Oei  from the Department of Energy and Environmental Management at Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF).

In her Master's programme in industrial engineering with a focus on energy and resource management at TU Berlin, she addressed both technical and economic aspects of the energy transition in Germany and internationally. As part of her studies, Alexandra spent two semesters abroad in Istanbul (Turkey) and Chennai (India) and was a student assistant for various organisations including dena, giz and RLI.

Ricardo Reibsch dedicated his doctoral research to the question of how decentralized battery storage systems can contribute to system stability in the future renewable and sector-coupled energy system. For this purpose, he conducted energy system modeling at the distribution network level. His work was supervised by Prof. Dr. Julia Kowal from the Department of Electrical Energy Storage Technology at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin).

Ricardo Reibsch studied electrical engineering at TU Berlin, specializing in energy supply based on renewable energies. After completing his studies, he focused on transformative educational work and worked as a research associate in the field of renewable energies. Additionally, he is an active member of the Solar Powers e.V. association at TU Berlin and is committed to climate justice.

Currently, Ricardo works at Berliner Stadtwerke, where he is involved in energy-efficient urban district development. His focus is on developing sustainable energy concepts for the heating and electricity supply of municipal properties in Berlin. A key aspect of his work is to take an integrated approach to electricity and heat supply and to develop solutions that accommodate the diverse local conditions.