Scholar
Caroline Ganzer
Google Scholar ID: g7djIaMAAAAJ
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
Citations & Impact
Citations
130
H-index
5
i10-index
5
Publications
20
Co-authors
3
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Awarded the Geoff Hewitt Prize by the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College for the best overall performance of all MSc students; received a fellowship from the German academic scholarship foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) from 2014-2018 and a study abroad scholarship for 2017/18; elected as an academic representative by the MSc class, advocating for the interests of ~110 fellow students.
Research Experience
- Leads the Sustainable Systems Engineering team at Max Planck Institute Magdeburg, with current team members including Danial Hamedi Jamali, Alexander Klimek, Sahil Sethi, and Marzieh Keshavarzmohammadian. Her research focuses on sustainable energy systems and fuels, decarbonization of the industrial sector, and circular economy.
Education
- Earned her PhD from 2018-2022 at the Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering and the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, supervised by Prof. Niall Mac Dowell and sponsored by TotalEnergies; holds an MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London (2018); BSc in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University (2017); studied abroad at Carnegie Mellon University from 2015-2016 via a cooperation of the PSE institutes at RWTH Aachen (AVT.SVT) and CMU (CAPD).
Background
- Her research interests include sustainable energy systems and fuels, decarbonization of the industrial sector, and circular economy. She uses mathematical modeling, optimization, and machine learning to design and analyze technologically feasible, economically viable, and socially beneficial systems with net zero CO2 emissions.
