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João P. S. Catalão

E-mails: catalao@ubi.pt and catalao@fe.up.pt

Google Scholar Profile: http://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=bM0wV1sAAAAJ

Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/I-3927-2012

Scopus Author ID: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=57204848031

ORCiD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-3051

Authenticus: https://www.authenticus.pt/R-000-7AE

Degrees

- Habilitation for Full Professor ("Agregação"), unanimous approval, University of Beira Interior, 10-2013

- PhD, unanimous approval, University of Beira Interior, 07-2007

- MSc, unanimous approval, Instituto Superior Técnico, 12-2003

- Licenciatura (5-year BSc), with honors, University of Beira Interior, 07-1998

Expertise Topics

- Power System Operations and Planning

- Hydro-Thermal Scheduling and Wind/Price Forecasting

- Power System Economics and Electricity Markets

- Risk Analysis, Uncertainty and Stochastic Programming

- Renewable Energies and Demand-side Management

Affiliations

- IEEE (Power & Energy Society), Senior Member, since 09-2012

- Portuguese Council of Engineers, Senior Member, since 11-2010

Involvement in Projects (as Coordinator)

- Unlocking demand response potential with Next generation innovative optimization Tools Empowering prosumers and Distribution grid benefits — UNiTED, Ref. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029803, FCT-Portugal, from 06-2018 to 05-2021 (ongoing).

Principal Investigator

Funding: € 239.340,31

http://united.inesctec.pt/

- Enhancing Smart GRIDS for Sustainability — ESGRIDS, Ref. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016434, COMPETE 2020-Portugal, from 01-2017 to 12-2020 (ongoing).

Coordinator at C-MAST/UBI (WP4 Leader)

Funding: € 2.106.839,05

http://www.esgrids.eu/

- Techno-Economic Optimization of Electric Generation Systems based on Renewable Energies in the Iberian Electricity Market, Ref. ENE2013-48517-C2-1-R, MINECO-Spain, from 06-2014 to 05-2017 (concluded successfully).

Coordinator at UBI

Funding: € 31.000,00

- Smart and Sustainable Insular Electricity Grids Under Large-Scale Renewable Integration — SINGULAR, Grant Agreement No: 309048, FP7-EU, from 12-2012 to 11-2015 (concluded successfully).

Primary Coordinator

Funding: € 5.259.445,00

- Assessment of Risk and Uncertainty in Large-Scale Integration of Distributed Generation and Demand-Side Management towards a Sustainable and Smart Grid, Ref. PTDC/EEA-EEL/118519/2010, FCT-Portugal, from 02-2012 to 01-2015 (concluded successfully).

Principal Investigator

Funding: € 133.000,00

- Weather Intelligence for Renewable Energies, Ref. WIRE, COST Action ES1002, European Science Foundation, from 03-2011 to 11-2014 (concluded successfully).

Coordinator at UBI

- Optimal Operations Planning of Hydro Energy Systems in Competitive Environment, Ref. E-162/12, CRUP/MICINN-Spain, from 01-2012 to 12-2013 (concluded successfully).

Principal Investigator

Funding: € 10.000,00

- Optimal Scheduling and Offering Strategies for Power Producers considering a Mixed Generation Portfolio, Uncertainty and Risk-Management, Ref. PTDC/EEA-EEL/110102/2009, FCT-Portugal, from 01-2011 to 12-2013 (concluded successfully).

Principal Investigator

Funding: € 89.500,00

- Open Field Laboratory for Certification of Small Wind Generators, Ref. 555687/2010-4, CNPq/MCT-Brazil, from 10-2010 to 07-2013 (concluded successfully).

Coordinator at UBI

Funding: € 152.290,00

- Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems, Ref. IntelliCIS, COST Action IC0806, European Science Foundation, from 03-2011 to 05-2013 (concluded successfully).

Coordinator at UBI

Academic Activities

Supervision of Visiting Scientists (PhD holders who have scientific curricula of high merit, equivalent to Assistant Professor) [1]

- Investigation on renewable energy integration and emerging resources in electricity markets, Visiting Scientist, Assist. Prof. eq. Dr. M. Shafie-khah, UBI, 08-2018 (concluded successfully).

Supervision of post-doctoral fellows [17]

- A multi-stage optimization framework for energy management system considering demand response programs, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. M.S. Javadi, INESC TEC, 05-2020 (expected conclusion date).

- Demand response study considering end-users’ behavior for a sustainable smart grid, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. G.J. Osório, UBI, 01-2019 (concluded successfully).

- Optimization of grid planning and operation based on new reconfiguration strategies to improve reliability under smart grids development, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. S.F. Santos, UBI, 01-2019 (concluded successfully).

- Investigation on energy management systems and alternative converter interfaces to promote integration of renewable generation systems, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. E.M.G. Rodrigues, UBI, 07-2018 (concluded successfully).

- Coordination of existing and emerging flexibility options for sustainable and integrated energy systems, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. D.Z. Fitiwi, UBI, 01-2018 (concluded successfully).

- New business models in demand side and related regulation changes on wholesale energy and reserve markets equilibrium, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. M.Y. Damavandi, UBI, 07-2017 (concluded successfully).

- Energy optimization under demand response programs through advanced control techniques, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. R. Godina, UBI, 07-2017 (concluded successfully).

- Biomass thermochemical conversion technologies and derived fuels development, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. L.J.R. Nunes, UBI, 02-2016 (concluded successfully).

- Competitive operation of distribution networks containing renewables and energy storage systems, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. A.W. Bizuayehu, UBI, 11-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Analysis of generation flexibility thresholds and probabilistic model during wind power curtailments in power systems, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. S.M. Martínez, UBI, 09-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Study of plug-in electric vehicle – demand response aggregator’s behaviour in electricity markets, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. M. Shafie-khah, UBI, 09-2015 (concluded successfully).

- New strategies of renewable energies and storage systems to offer energy competitively in electricity markets, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. A.A.S. de la Nieta, UBI, 07-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Optimal generation scheduling in power systems with high integration of renewable power sources, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. J.M. Lujano-Rojas, UBI, 01-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Mitigation of non-dispatchable source variations with controllable loads, smart self-scheduling and demand response strategies, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. O. Erdinc, UBI, 01-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Control strategies for the stable operation of distributed generation units in smart grids, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. E. Pouresmaeil, UBI, 01-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Robust control and optimization of distributed generation based smart micro-grids, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. S.R. Mohanty, UBI and Cie³-IST, 10-2012 (concluded successfully).

- Study of grid-connected wind energy conversion systems considering new power converters and new control strategies, post-doctoral fellow, Dr. R. Melício, UBI and Cie³-IST, 03-2012 (concluded successfully).

Supervision of theses [73]

PhD [21]

- Using blockchain to enable transactive energy markets, PhD, M.B. Gough, FEUP, 07-2023 (expected conclusion date).

- Developing demand response tools in the multi-energy systems environment, PhD, M.V. Ghavidel, FEUP, 02-2023 (expected conclusion date).

- Cloud-based decentralized demand response using optimal prosumer scheduling, PhD, M. Lotfi, FEUP, 07-2021 (expected conclusion date).

- The importance of cross-border tertiary balance reserves in electrical systems with high renewable integration, PhD, P.M.S. Frade, IST, 07-2020 (expected conclusion date).

- Control of modular multilevel converters in high voltage direct current power systems, PhD, M. Mehrasa, UBI, 06-2019 (concluded successfully).

- Investigation on electricity market designs enabling demand response and wind generation, PhD, N. Hajibandeh, UBI, 06-2019 (concluded successfully).

- Stochastic management framework of distribution network systems featuring large-scale variable renewable energy sources and flexibility options, PhD, M.R.M. Cruz, UBI, 06-2019 (concluded successfully).

- Optimal demand response strategy in electricity markets through bi-level stochastic short-term scheduling, PhD, S. Talari, UBI, 04-2019 (concluded successfully).

- Planning of power distribution systems with a high penetration of renewable energy sources using stochastic optimization, PhD, S.F. Santos, UBI, 07-2017 (concluded successfully).

- Sustainable distribution network planning considering multi-energy systems and plug-in electric vehicles parking lots, PhD, N. Neyestani, UBI, 10-2016 (concluded successfully).

- Modeling a cooperation environment for flexibility enhancement in smart multi-energy industrial systems, PhD, M.Y. Damavandi, UBI, 07-2016 (concluded successfully).

- Enhancing the efficiency of electricity utilization through home energy management systems within the smart grid framework, PhD, T.D.P. Mendes, UBI, 07-2016 (concluded successfully).

- Smart operation of transformers for sustainable electric vehicles integration and model predictive control for energy monitoring and management, PhD, R. Godina, UBI, 07-2016 (concluded successfully).

- Reserve services provision by demand side resources in systems with high renewables penetration using stochastic optimization, PhD, N.G. Paterakis, UBI, 12-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Energy storage systems and grid code requirements for large-scale renewables integration in insular grids, PhD, E.M.G. Rodrigues, UBI, 12-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Forecasting tools and probabilistic scheduling approach incorporating renewables uncertainty for the insular power systems industry, PhD, G.J. Osório, UBI, 07-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Using biomass as an energy alternative to the sustainability and competitiveness of Portuguese industry, PhD, L.J.R. Nunes, UBI, 07-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Contribution of cable losses in the investment analysis on efficient electrical equipment, PhD, J.A. Lobão, UBI, 04-2015 (concluded successfully).

- Optimal scheduling and offering strategies for hydro and wind power producers considering uncertainty and risk, PhD, H.M.I. Pousinho, UBI, 12-2012 (concluded successfully).

- Lightning protection of wind energy systems, PhD, R.B. Rodrigues, UBI, 01-2011 (concluded successfully).

- Dynamic models of grid-connected wind energy conversion systems, PhD, R. Melício, UBI, 07-2010 (concluded successfully).