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Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal is an Associate Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He serves as the academic director of smart energy sustainability at the Erasmus Center for Data Analytics and holds a position in scientific leadership at the Centre of Energy System Intelligence. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada, and has published numerous articles in esteemed journals emphasizing energy transition. Ghiassi-Farrokhfal regularly appears as a guest speaker at leading energy discussions such as the World Energy Congress. He has organized various conferences and workshops focusing on energy transition and has successfully secured multiple grants for projects in Europe, including on municipal heat transition, hydrogen markets, and data layers for energy markets. His research employs a multidisciplinary approach, exploring diverse facets of energy transitions such as sector coupling, microgrids, electric vehicles, and energy storage. Recent interests focus on the role of energy data and the challenges surrounding the digital energy transition.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University • Rotterdam, Netherlands
Teaching MBA courses and conducting research in energy transition.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.