Nikolaos Paterakis

Nikolaos Paterakis is an Assistant Professor of Power System Optimization and Electricity Markets with the Electrical Energy Systems research group at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He is the founder and principal investigator of the Electricity Markets & Power System Optimization Laboratory (EMPSOLab) established in 2019, and a member of the Cyber-Physical Systems Center Eindhoven (CPSe). His research focuses on applying optimization and machine learning techniques to power system and electricity market problems, particularly regarding renewable energy integration and smart grid technologies.

Dr. Paterakis received his Dipl.Eng. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2013, followed by a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management (cum laude) from the University of Beira Interior in 2015. After serving as a post-doctoral fellow at TU/e from 2015-2017 and working as a consultant for the Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey, he was appointed Assistant Professor at TU/e in April 2017.

His research spans power system optimization, electricity market design, renewable energy integration, and the application of machine learning techniques to grid management problems. Recent work emphasizes distributed energy resource integration, local electricity markets, congestion management in low-voltage grids, and real-time grid control using advanced optimization techniques. His publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated methods for managing grid constraints while enabling market participation of distributed energy resources.

Dr. Paterakis has received several prestigious awards including IEEE SEGE'15, SEST 2019, and SEST 2020 Best Paper Awards, and recognition as a Best Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2015, 2017) and IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (2016). He serves as Associate Editor for multiple journals including IET Renewable Power Generation, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Elsevier's e-Prime.

He leads multiple research projects including MEGAMIND (NWO-funded), P2P-TALES (NWO-funded), and the Electricity Markets Game series (TU/e BOOST!-program). His educational contributions include teaching courses on power system analysis and optimization, electricity markets modeling, and developing innovative educational tools for power systems education. In 2021, he was elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.