Natalia Alguacil

Natalia Alguacil is a Full Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, affiliated with the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering in Ciudad Real, Spain. Her research focuses on power systems optimization, smart grid technologies, and renewable energy integration, with an emphasis on robustness, demand response mechanisms, and decentralized optimization frameworks. She has contributed significantly to topics such as transmission network expansion, energy storage systems, and electricity market design through advanced methodologies like bilevel programming and ADMM-based approaches.

Her work addresses critical challenges in modern grid operation, including renewable integration uncertainties, fair prosumer incentives, and grid resilience. Key contributions include frameworks for optimal residential demand response coordination and robust scheduling under wind energy variability. Her research bridges theoretical advancements with practical implementation, influencing both academic discourse and industry practices.

Natalia has authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles, many published in top journals like IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and Power Systems. She has led projects on transmission tariff allocation, grid observability restoration, and defense planning against deliberate outages. Her educational efforts include pioneering problem-based learning curricula in engineering education.