Curriculum Vitae Geert Deconinck
(version July 2018)
prof.dr.ir. Geert Deconinck is full professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium).
His
research focuses on robust distributed coordination and control, specifically
in the context of smart electric distribution networks. Specific interests
include smart grids, smart metering, distributed control, robust system design,
sustainability, industry 4.0, infrastructure interdependencies and
dependability modelling, all in a context of energy and communication
infrastructures. Both simulation and experimental validation are key.
In this
field, he has authored and co-authored over 440 publications in international
journals and conference proceedings. He authored or co-authored 7 books and
edited 4 more. On Web-of-Science, 225 publications are listed with 914
citations and an h-index of 16; Google Scholar count 5088 citations, and h=34.
He has been principle investigator in projects, worth over 10 M€ budget
over the last 5 years. (BOF-GOA, Hercules, European projects, IWT, FWO, VLAIO,
NGInfra, bilateral with industry, etc.). Up to July 2018, he has been
(co)supervisor for 33 successful PhDs, and is currently supervisor or
co-supervisor of 9 PhD students.
Since April
2012, he is head of the research group ELECTA (Electrical Energy and Computing
Architectures) at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), which
consists of 6 professors, 8 postdoctoral researchers, 50+ PhD students and 14
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.
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),
co-chair of the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Infrastructure Systems and
Services, a senior member of the IEEE and of the IEEE Reliability, Computer and
Power & Energy Societies (sM 1988, M 1996, SM 2000), and member of Cigré,
KBVE and ie-net.
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