Biography

Emilio J. Palacios-García is a Senior Post-doctoral Researcher at the Environmental Research Institute of University College Cork (UCC) and the SFI Centre for Energy, Climate, and Marine Research (MaREI), Ireland. Before joining UCC, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Marie Skłodowska-Curie SoE fellow at KU Leuven, Belgium (2020-2024), and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalborg University, Denmark (2018-2020).

He holds a PhD degree in Advanced Computation and Energy (2018), a MSc degree in Distributed Renewable Energies (2013), and a BEng in Industrial Electronic Engineering (2012, 2014) from the University of Córdoba, Spain.

His research areas include data-driven modelling and forecasting of energy flexibility, advanced metering infrastructures for user-centric demand response, privacy-friendly data processing, IoT architectures and protocols for energy services, and stochastic modelling of residential demand.

He has co-authored 58 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, conferences, and books with a h-index of 19 (see Google Scholar). He is also a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2018 National Award for Excellence in Academic Performance 2013/2014 [Spanish: Premio Nacional Fin de Carrera] Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Government of Spain

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member 01-JAN-15 /

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University College Cork Senior Post-doctoreal Researcher 01-FEB-24 /
KU Leuven Postdoctoral Research Associate and MSCA-SoE Fellow 01-FEB-20 / 31-JAN-24
Aalborg University Postdoctoral Researcher 01-MAR-18 / 31-JAN-20
University of Cordoba PhD Fellow 15-SEP-15 / 15-FEB-18
University of Cordoba Research Assistant 01-NOV-13 / 30-JUN-15

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2018 University of Córdoba PhD Advanced Computation and Energy
2014 University of Córdoba BE (Hons) Industrial Electronic Engineering
2013 University of Córdoba MSc Distributed Renewable Energy
2012 University of Córdoba BE Technical Industrial Engineering (Industrial Electronics)