Two new researchers join Nexus-e research project at the ESC
The Energy Science Center (ESC) is very pleased to welcome Yuqian Yan and Marius Schwarz as new members of the ESC team. Both researchers have joined the existing team of the Nexus-e research project, Marius Schwarz as project manager and Xuqian Yan as project engineer.
Before joining the ESC, Marius Schwarz worked at ETH’s Group for Sustainability and Technology (SusTec) for his doctoral studies. In his research at SusTec, he focused on the interplay between technology diffusion and overarching systems, investigating how policies can address integration challenges of high shares of renewables and energy storage. Marius Schwarz furthermore holds a MSc in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from the RWTH Aachen University.
Xuqian Yan joined ETH in 2016 for the Master’s programme Energy Science and Technology which she successfully finished in 2019. Additionally, she gained valuable experience as research assistant at her time with the Sustainability and Technology Group and the Energy Politics Group at ETH Zurich. During her study, she also gained industrial experience as software developer at the external page Power Technologies International department at Siemens and the external page Electrification Suite & Test Lab at TUMCREATE Singapore. Prior to that, she studied at the Technical University of Munich, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Peking University.
The interdisciplinary research project Nexus-e provides an integrated energy system modelling platform, which allows for scenario analysis integrating at the same time distributed renewable energy sources, the transmission and distribution system and grids, central power units (e.g. hydro or nuclear power), security of supply as well as macro-economic aspects.
The ESC and the Nexus-e team extend a warm welcome to Marius and Xuqian!