Speakers WSEDnext 2013

Andrea Accorigi

• PhD candidate in Regional Institutions, Administrations and Policies, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• part of the team of the Covenant of Mayors Office, Brussels
• was a Trainee at European Commission (DG CLIMA) and research associate and team leader at United Nations Development Program (Regional Bureau for Arab States, Cairo)
• MSc in Environmental Governance, University of Essex, UK

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Juraj Beniak

• University teacher and Scientific Researcher, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
• Member of Academic Senate Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Chairman of Legislation Committee
• Member of the organising committee of International conference TOP – Engineering of Environment Protection
• PhD in Production and Environmental Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia

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Kjell Bettgenhäuser

• Consultant at Ecofys, Germany
• PhD student, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
• Diploma thesis at Solar World, Bonn, Germany

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Jiři Bradna

• Researcher at the Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Czech Republic
• PhD student
• MSc at the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic

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Stephen Brown

• MA student, Political Economy of European Integration, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
• Market Analyst and PR Assistant, juwi Bio GmbH
• lived and worked in Upper Austria as an English Language Assistant and was an active member at the Austro-American Society of Upper Austria
• BA in German Studies and BA in International Relations, College of Wooster, US

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Roman Brzoň

• PhD student, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• co-investigator of grant projects at Brno University of Technology
• doctoral thesis on break of thermal bridge in cantilever concrete construction
• works as a designer of buildings since 2004

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Darryl Croft

• Director of Abelscroft Energy Intelligence (established 2012)
• was a Senior Researcher, Association for the Conservation of Energy, UK
• MSc DIC Environmental Technology (Energy Policy), Imperial College London, UK

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Marwa Dabaieh

• Assistant professor, Ain Shams University, Egypt
• Master in Environmental Design and Doctoral degree in Vernacular Architecture, Lund University, Sweden
• Practising architectural design in Egypt since 2001
• Swedish Elna Bengtssons foundation prize for scientific research in 2012 for her PhD project in the Western Desert of Egypt

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Alexander Epik

• Principal engineer of Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Senior Consultant SEC “Biomass”
• MSc in Heat Power Engineering and Thermophysics

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Daniela Gold

• Trainee at Salzburg AG, Austria
• Master degree in Energy and Environmental Management, FH Pinkafeld, Austria

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Miha Grilc

• Phd student and researcher on National Institute of Chemistry in Laboratory of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, Slovenia
• Univ. Dipl. Engineer in Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• main field of research: catalytic upgrade of liquid biomass-based biofuels

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Wendi Guo

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Lecturer of Biomass pelletization workshop on topic: Off-gassing and self-heating of stored biomass and pellets
  
  

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Stephan Hausl

• PhD student, Technical University Munich, Germany
• Junior Researcher at Research Studio iSPACE
• Bachelor and Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University Munich, Germany

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Ivana Horvat

• works as a project leader, North-west Croatia Regional Energy Agency, Croatia
• worked as an assistant for registry establishment and technical support at UNDP Croatia
• MSc in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Croatia

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Umair Hussain

• Research engineer, University of Nottingham & Biomass and Fossil Fuels Research Alliance
• Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering

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Vicky Ingram

• Research Assistant & PhD student, Urban Energy Research Group, Institute of Building & Urban Design, Heriot-Watt University, UK
• MSc in Climate Change, University of East Anglia, UK
• BSc(Hons) in Meteorology, University of Reading, UK

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Tatiana Ivanova

• Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
• PhD in Sustainable Technologies, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic

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Tomáš Klubal

• Co-investigator of grant projects, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• PhD student, doctoral thesis on passive cooling the indoor environment in lightweight buildings
• works as a designer of buildings since 2008

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Jürgen Krail

• Project manager, University of Applied Sciences Pinkafeld, Austria
• worked on the development of biomass boilers at Herz GmbH, Austria
• Degree at the University of Applied Sciences Pinkafeld, Austria

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Peter Križan

• University teacher, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
• Head of Department of Production and Environmental Technology
• Founder of the International Conference for PhD students and young research workers (ERIN) and head of organising committee of ERIN conference
• PhD in Production and Environmental Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
  
  

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Jan Malatak

• Assoc. Professor, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
• Expert on technological equipment of buildings, technology of production processes, waste disposal technology

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Lena Mamikonyan

• Researcher at "Researchers for Bio Heating Solutions"
• Master student in Agribusiness, thesis on biomass pellets in Armenia
• Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness and Marketing, Armenian State Agrarian University, Armenia

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Davide Maneschi

• PhD student, Aalborg University, Department of Development and Planning, Denmark
• MSc in Environmental Management and Policy, IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden

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Lukas Mani

• BSc in Environmental Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Zurich, Switzerland
• works as a self-employed mountain guide

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Mirjam Matthes

• PhD student at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig and University Leipzig, Germany
• Member of the research staff at Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ), Germany
• Degree in Energy and Environmental Technology

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Milan Ostrý

• assistant at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
• PhD
• authorized designer of building structures (since 2010)
• Erasmus internship at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany (2004)

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Helmut Plank

• Scientific employee in the Department “Energy and Environmental Management”, University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria
• Diplomingenieur

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Ioannis Protonotarios

• MSc in Low Carbon Building Design and Modelling, Loughborough University, UK
• Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
• Member of IBSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association)
• Graduate Member of Energy Institute (GradEI)
• Member of International Passive House Association (iPHA) and Hellenic Passive House Institute

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Johanna Pucker

• Research associate at Joanneum Resarch, Resources – Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainability, Austria
• Master Degrees in “Urban Technologies” (University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum, Austria) and in “Sustainable Energy Systems” (University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria)

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Adeline Rezeau

• Project Manager at CIRCE (Research Centre for Energy Resources and Consumption)
• PhD student, University of Zaragoza, Spain (Thesis “Numerical simulation of medium scale grate fired biomass boilers”)
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Zaragoza University, Spain

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Nina Holck Sandberg

• PhD candidate in Industrial Ecology, NTNU, Norway
• Research assistant in Industrial Ecology, NTNU, Norway
• MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Shiplu Sarker

• PhD research fellow, University of Agder, Norway
• Master in Sustainable Energy Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

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Irene Schmutzer-Roseneder

• Junior Researcher at Bioenergy2020+, Austria
• Diplom engineer in Material and Energetic Utilization of Renewable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Austria) and Technical University Munich (Germany)
  
  

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Johannes Schrade

• Research Associate in the Department of Heat Technology of Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Germany
• Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Civil Engineering, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany

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Michal Špiláček

• PhD student, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• technical worker, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Master's degree, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

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Christoffer Kirk Strandgaard

• Research assistant at Aalborg University, Department of Planning, Denmark
• MSc in Environmental Management and Sustainability Science, Aalborg University, Denmark

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Vlamimír Stupavský

• part-time work as a researcher and project manager (ReStEP) in Czech Biomass Association and Czech Pellets Cluster
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic

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Marius Wöhler

• Junior Researcher at BIOENERGY2020+, Austria
• MSc in Sustainable Energy Competence, University of Applied Forest Science Rottenburg, Germany
• BSc in Forestry Science, University of Applied Forest Science Rottenburg, Germany

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Fahimeh Yazdanpanah

• PhD student in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
• MSc in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
• BSc in Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Teheran Polytechnic, Iran

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Michaela Zárybnická

• Engineer, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• PhD student, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Ing. in Energy Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

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