Curriculum Vitae:

since 10/2021 University Duisburg-Essen
Academic Staff at the Chair for Management Science and Energy Economics

04/2020 - 07/2021 University Duisburg-Essen
Master studies (M.Sc.) in Energy Science (Faculty of Physics)

10/2015 - 03/2020 University Duisburg-Essen
Bachelor studies (B.Sc.) in Energy Science (Faculty of Physics)

08/2017 - 06/2018 Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Academic Abroad Year

Practical Experience:
04/2020 – 03/2021: Academic Assistant at the Chair of Energy Technology
10/2018 – 09/2019: Commercial Employee at Hatec Haag Technischer Handel GmbH
10/2016 – 06/2017: Student Assistant in the Department of Physics (Nienhaus Research Group)

Projects:

Laufend:

• KliWinBa – Climate-Neutral Heat in Industrialized Urban Areas – Systemic Assessment of the Contribution of Innovative Technologies to the Heat Transition in Existing Building Stock
• MOPPL – Model coupling for integrated optimization of long-term transformation pathways - coevolution, coordination and robustness considering different system levels

Abgeschlossen:

• Nemo VIII – Report to validate the network extension plan 2021 proposed by the transmission system operators (Grid Expansion - Grid Development Plan)

Publications:

• Brunsch, Daniel; Radek, Julian; Ostmeier, Lars; Weber, Christoph: Midterm perspectives on natural gas after the European gas crisis: Reviewing German energy transition studies. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 2025 (2024) No 210. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2024.115223CitationDetails

Reviewing and consulting activities:

Expert Report NEMO VIII, Lot 2: Market Modeling and Interconnector Assessment

Expert Report NEMO VIII, Lot 3: Long-Term Development Pathways and Meta-Study on Climate Neutrality

Talks:

• Brunsch, Daniel; Radek, Julian; Kramer, Hendrik; Weber, Christoph: Coupling an investment model with two sequential infrastructure models using Benders decomposition, Workshop der Arbeitsgruppe Umwelt und Energie der Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V. (GOR), 24.10.2024, Hagen. Details
• Brunsch, Daniel; Radek, Julian; Ostmeier, Lars; Weber, Christoph: Reviewing energy transition studies in the light of the recent European gas market developments, Enerday 2023 - 17th International Conference on Energy Economics and Technology, 05.05.2023, TU Dresden. Details

Courses:

since 08/2024

• Energy and Real Estate Management (Tutorial)

since 04/2022

• Literature Seminar on Energy Economics (B.Sc. & M.Sc.)

Tutored Theses:

• Techno-ökonomische Analyse eines grünen Wärmenetzes - Betrachtung von Möglichkeiten der Vorfertigung (Master Thesis Industrial Engineering, 2024)
• Eine modellgestützte Analyse zur Wirtschaftlichkeit dynamischer Stromtarife aus Sicht eines Prosumers (Master Thesis Business Administration - Energy and Finance, 2024)
• Ökobilanzbewertung einer Biomasseverbrennung mit Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -verwertung für die Herstellung von e-Methanol (Master Thesis Industrial Engineering, 2024)
• Regionalisierung von Elektrolysekapazitäten unter Berücksichtigung der Residuallast - Modellentwicklung und -anwendung (Bachelor Thesis Industrial Engineering, 2023)
• Modellgestützte Analyse der Rolle von Wasserstoff im deutschen Stromsystem 2045 (Master Thesis Industrial Engineering)