Ana Baringo Morales

Ana Baringo Morales is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) of Comillas Pontifical University since July 2022. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering (cum laude, 2020) and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Her postdoctoral research included a 3-month fellowship at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Research Focus: Her work centers on electricity markets, uncertainty modeling, virtual power plants, optimization models, and automatic generation control. Key contributions include stochastic adaptive robust optimization frameworks for power system operation and planning.

• PhD Thesis: Operation and expansion strategies for virtual power plants participating in electricity markets
• Projects: Collaborations with Endesa, Red Eléctrica de España, and Repsol on secondary regulation markets and grid stability

Recent Work: Her 2025 article in Energy proposes novel bidding strategies for renewable-only virtual power plants in secondary reserve markets. Earlier works address robust investment planning and holistic system design under uncertainty.

Dissemination: Delivered seminars on Spanish secondary regulation pricing (2024) and frequency restoration reserve mechanisms (2023). Featured in media including Casting the Future (Feb 2024).