Johannes Schmidt

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After finishing my master in computer science at the University of Technology in Vienna, I decided that I wanted to apply some of the stuff I've learnt in a useful field and enrolled in the doctoral school sustainable development at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), also in Vienna. During my doctoral studies, I developed a model to assess bioenergy policies with respect to their techno-economic performance and their effects on greenhouse gas emissions Pub1 Pub2 with a special focus on the assessment of uncertainty.

Not very convinced of the data intensive, large scale modeling efforts applied in my PhD thesis, I went on to use much simplier models in my post-doctoral research which I'm currently conducting at the Joint Research Center in Petten, Netherlands, at BOKU in Vienna and at UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro (starting in 2014). I changed my focus to the quantitative analysis of policies for the support of intermittent renewable energy generation Pub3 Pub4 My interest in the CSSS started when I found some very nice publications on the modeling of electricity markets using agent based models see Pub5- thus being able to better account for strategic behaviour of agents which may be, depending on market design and size, an important issue.

I love nature and I hope to have some good opportunities exploring it around Santa Fe - either hiking or biking. Also, I enjoy music activley (in a samba group and passivley (from elis regina to burning spear to bach)- and any kind of party related activities.