Dr. Gerda Deac

Since 2012, Dr. Gerda Deac has been working as researcher and project manager in the Business Unit Electricity Markets and Infrastructures within the Department of Energy Policy and Energy Markets (formerly Competence Center «Energy Policy and Energy Systems»).

Her work focuses on modeling the power generated by photovoltaics and wind energy on an hourly basis, on modeling the interactions between heat and electricity markets and on modeling energy systems.

In 2019, Dr. Gerda Deac received her PhD in Economics from the Technical University of Dresden (TUD). Her dissertation focused on the effects of coupling electricity and heat markets on the future integration of renewable energies and CO₂ emissions in Germany. Previously, she studied Public Administration at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in Berlin and Industrial Engineering at the University of Flensburg, specializing in "Energy and Environmental Management". She also completed a study abroad program at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, in the field of «Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning»