Sara Lumbreras

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Bio
Sara Lumbreras received a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering specialized in Power Systems from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) and obtained her Ph.D. from the same university, with a thesis entitled “Decision Support Methods for Large-Scale Flexible Transmission Expansion Planning”. She is a lecturer at the Institute for Research in Technology at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in the area “Decision Support Systems for the Energy Sector” and lectures at the Industrial Organization Department at ICAI. She has five years of experience in Investment Banking, having worked as a structurer for JPMorgan London in the FX and Commodity business.

Her research lines focus on decision methods applied to complex problems, especially when uncertainty is present. Her main area of study is power systems strategy, in particular, the power transmission network. In addition, she is part of an interdisciplinary team that analyzes the impacts of technology on society.

Main techniques: Stochastic Optimization, Benders’ decomposition, Risk analysis, Heuristics, Metaheuristics, Genetic Algorithms, Ordinal Optimization. Areas: Power Systems, Planning, Network Design, Transmission Expansion Planning, Wind Energy, Offshore Windfarm Design, Finance, Risk Analysis, Derivatives.