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Curriculum Vitae Geert Deconinck
prof.dr.ir. Geert Deconinck is full professor at KU Leuven university (Belgium).
His research focuses on robust, distributed coordination and control,
specifically in the context of smart electric distribution networks. Main
interests include smart grids, demand side management and flexibility, user-centric
energy systems, distributed control, data-driven modelling, machine learning,
robust system design, energy transitions, multi-carrier energy systems, all in
a context of digitalised energy infrastructures. Both simulation and
experimental validation are key.
In this field, he has authored and co-authored over 575 publications in
international journals and conference proceedings. He authored or co-authored 8
books and edited 5 more. On Web-of-Science, 430+ publications are listed (350+
in the core collection) with 3900+ citations and an h-index of 31; Google
Scholar count 9800+ citations, and puts h=52. He has
been principle investigator in projects, worth over 8 M€
budget over the last 5 years. (Internal funds, European projects, FWO-Vlaanderen, VLAIO, bilateral with industry, etc.). Up to May
2024, he has been (co)supervisor for 44 successful PhDs, and
is currently supervisor or co-supervisor of 10 PhD students. He was the general
chair of the 2nd IEEE Int. Forum on Smart Grids for Smart Cities
(Nov 2018) and of the 19th European Dependable Computing Conference
(Apr 2024).
Since April 2012, he is head of the research group ELECTA (Electrical
Energy Systems and Applications) at the Department of Electrical Engineering
(ESAT), which consists of 10 professors, 8 research management staff, 8 postdoctoral
researchers, 70+ PhD students and 12 administrative and technical staff. ELECTA
focuses on different research aspects related to electrical energy (smart
distribution grids, electric power systems, HVDC, power electronics,
techno-economic analysis of energy markets, etc.), from fundamental research to
applications in collaboration with industry.
He is active in the research centre EnergyVille,
the research centre on energy for sustainable cities, where he is scientific
leader for the research domain ‘algorithms, modelling, optimisation’, applied
to smart electrical and thermal networks. Since October 2016, he is head of the
KU Leuven division EnergyVille (grouping 18 KU Leuven
professors).
He received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (maxima cum laude) and
his Ph.D. in Engineering Science (summa cum laude) from the KU Leuven, Belgium
in 1991 and 1996 respectively. In 1995-1997, he received a grant from the
Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Scientific-Technological Research in
Industry (IWT). He was postdoctoral fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research
- Flanders (
He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) (M
2006, F 2013), a senior member of the IEEE and of the IEEE Reliability,
Computer, SMC and Power & Energy Societies (sM
1988, M 1996, SM 2000), National representative for Belgium on Cigré SC C6 (active distribution systems and distributed
energy resources) and member of KBVE and ie-net. He
is associate editor for IET Energy Systems Integrations.
http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00004317 http://scholar.google.be/scholar?q=geert+deconinck
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-9508-2014 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2225-3987