Research

Research Interests
  • Operations of low-carbon emerging technologies (e.g., renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and hybrid energy systems)
  • Electricity markets
  • Energy demand-side management
  • Optimization under uncertainty
  • Stochastic dynamic programming/Markov decision processes

Papers

  • “Optimal Hour-Ahead Commitment and Storage Decisions of Wind Power Producers” with Harun Avci, Woonghee Tim Huh, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar. 2025. International Journal of Production Economics.
  • “Optimization of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Systems under Uncertainty: A Review” with Parinaz Toufani, Olav B Fosso, Emre Nadar, and Ayse Selin Kocaman. 2023. Journal of Energy Storage
  • “Deviations from Commitments: Markov Decision Process Formulations for the Role of Energy Storage” with Harun Avci, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar. 2022. International Journal of Production Economics.

Working Papers

  • “Structural Results for Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Systems” with Harun Avci, Parinaz Toufani, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar
  • “Probabilistic Forecasting and Curtailment-Aware Trading in the Dutch Balancing Market” with Misha Dol, Rommert Dekker, and Phyllis Wan
  • “The Impact of an Energy Imbalance Penalty Mechanism on a Day-Ahead Electricity Market” with Ayse Selin Kocaman and Kemal Guler
  • “A Hybrid Modelling Framework for Long-Term Electricity Price Forecasting: A Case Study of the Netherlands” with Alexander Neutel

Research in Progress
  • “Managing Resilient Hydrogen-Renewable Microgrids: A Multi-Time Scale Optimization Framework” with Ehsan Aghamohammadzadeh, Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, and Merieke Stevens
  • “Optimal Day-Ahead Commitment Decisions of an Energy Storage Operator” with Stefan Minner, Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar.
  • “The Cost of Commitment: Power Purchase Agreements and Bidding in a Real-Time Market” with Ayse Selin Kocaman, and Emre Nadar
  • “Optimal Operations of Renewable Energy Communities Under Different Ownership Structures” with Olga Kuryatnikova, Klaus Heine, and Leonie Reins
  • “Extreme Power Price Dynamics in Electricity Markets: A Profit Optimization Strategy for Battery Energy Storage Systems” with Clementine van Biesen, Rommert Dekker, and Ronald Huisman

Talks
  • EURO 2024 Conference, Denmark, July 2024
  • POMS International Conference, Türkiye, June 2024
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 2023
  • Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, January 2023
  • EURO 2022 Conference, Finland, July 2022
  • MSOM Annual Conference, Germany, June 2022
  • POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, April 2022
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Virtual, October 2021
  • National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Türkiye, July 2021
  • MSOM Annual Conference, Virtual, June 2021
  • POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, May 2021
  • National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Türkiye, June 2019
  • National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Türkiye, June 2018
  • 1st International Engineering and Natural Sciences Student Congress – Innovation and Engineering, Türkiye, April 2015