Alexander Burkhardt, M.Sc.

Alexander Burkhardt has been working as a researcher and PhD candidate in the Business Unit Renewable Energies in the Department of Energy Policy and Energy Markets since October 2023.

His research focuses on strategies to support renewable energies, electricity market design, policy measures to achieve climate neutrality, and modeling energy systems.

He studied Industrial Engineering (B.Sc.) with a focus on Material Science and Resource Management at the University of Augsburg. During his Bachelor's degree, he completed an exchange programme at the Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand). He then pursued a Master's degree in Energy Science and Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He wrote his Master's thesis on the topic: »Energy Concept for a Manned Habitat on Mars«.

He then worked as a project manager for gas and energy at Rhein-Main Deponie GmbH for two years. Between January 2021 and September 2023, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use (IER) at the University of Stuttgart. His research focused on energy system modelling using the TIMES PanEU model, as well as heat transitions and district heating.