Research Profile

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at MIT. My research agenda integrates infrastructure systems across the transportation, buildings, and energy sectors to advance their sustainability and resilience. I examine how human-technology interactions both shape and are shaped by these systems, focusing on how climate change and digitalization transform these interactions and infrastructure needs. I investigate how targeted interventions can drive system-wide outcomes across residential, commercial, and industrial scales. As my work lies at the intersection of engineering, data science, and the social sciences, I use a variety of methods to integrate heterogeneous human behavior into data-driven simulation models, e.g., agent-based modeling, urban energy systems modeling, stated-choice experiments, regressions, (un)supervised machine learning, and field studies. With my research findings, I aim to inform decision-making in industry and policy.

Publications

My work has investigated the interaction of technology control with decision-making, incentives for changing the use of technology to improve system outcomes, and the impact of the adoption and use of new technologies on system dynamics. For example, I examined the decision-making of adopting heat pumps and charging electric vehicles in interaction with control algorithms and incentives.

As I aim to support the knowledge transfer between academia, industry, policy, and the public, my publications include peer-reviewed journal articles, practitioner articles, and blog posts.

Scientific Conference Contributions

I enjoy exchanging ideas about sustainable systems with colleagues across different countries and backgrounds. I seek to engage with communities across fields, including energy systems, urban science and analytics, complex systems modeling, technology innovation, and sustainability.

Talks

Besides invited presentations at scientific seminars, I regularly speak at industry and policy conferences/seminars, co-lead workshops with different stakeholders, and have been a podcast guest.

Advising and Teaching

One of my passions is to engage with students from various backgrounds, including different engineering disciplines, natural sciences, and social sciences. I particularly enjoy developing student research projects and discussing them in weekly one-on-one meetings. From undergraduate to graduate courses and from large lectures to small seminars, I find discussions with students inspiring and seek to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on pressing societal challenges, such as climate change. I have implemented innovative teaching methods, e.g., case study group work and peer assessment.