Dr. Mohammad Iman ALIZADEH

Mohammad Iman Alizadeh is currently a research associate at SerVal group in SnT, University of Luxembourg led by Prof. Yves Le Traon.

Dr. Alizadeh holds a BSc, an MSc, and a PhD in Electrical Power System Engineering from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Shiraz University of Technology, and Tarbiat Modares University, obtained in 2010, 2013, and 2018, respectively. In 2013, he received the national award for the best master thesis in smart grid research from the Iran Society of Smart Grid (ISSG) and was selected as a Ph.D. candidate at Tarbiat Modares University through an exceptional talent program. He successfully defended his Ph.D. on 2018, and awarded the highest Ph.D. thesis grade (20/20) as a record.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn 2017, he joined the Niroo Research Institute (NRI), Iran’s premier public research centre dedicated to power systems, as a part-time researcher. He was also working on a reliability project for Greater Tehran Electric Power Distribution Company (TBTB) funded by national elite foundation (BMN), Iran.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn 2020, he moved to Luxembourg and joined the Luxembourg National Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) as a research associate to contribute to the ATTEST project, supervised by Dr. Florin Capitanescu, a H2020-funded European consortium involving five leading research organisations and two utilities. By 2023, he led research efforts at LIST on TESTIFY and ECHO projects, funded by Luxembourg’s FNR, he served as co-developer and co-supervisor for a Ph.D. candidate on the FNR-funded TESTIFY project.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eBy September 2025, he joined SnT’s SerVal research group as a research associate, mainly working on the FutureFinTech project D2ET under the supervision of Dr. Sylvain Kubler and Dr. Maxime Cordy, in collaboration with CREOS Luxembourg.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eAdditionally, he actively contributed to the academic community as a voluntary reviewer for esteemed journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and was recognised as an outstanding reviewer for the latter in 2021.

Dr. Alizadeh possesses extenisve expertise in power system operations, with a strong focus on addressing complex challenges, such as congestion management and voltage control through AC security-constrained optimal power flow, unit commitment, demand-side management, and renewable integration. His software proficiency spans both commercial and open-source tools, including GAMS, MATLAB, Julia, JuMP, and Python, which he has applied in multiple high-impact research projects across Europe. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eSpecifically, he was working on:u003cbru003e- Congestion management and voltage control in transmission/distribution levelu003cbru003e- Security constrained optimal power flow (LP/NLP/MINLP) u003cbru003e- Short-term operation of power systemu003cbru003e- Demand response integration in real utilities for small consumersu003cbru003e- Reliability indices (SAIFI/SAIDI) in Tehran electric distribution companyu003cbru003e- Multistage/Stochastic/Robust/Chance-constrained optimisation techniquesu003cbru003e- Application of different decomposition methodologies in power system studiesu003cbru003e- Conducting higher education research for master and Ph.D. candidates

December 2022: Outstanding reviewer on IEEE Transactions on Systainable Energy for year 2021u003cbru003eu003cbru003eJanuary 2019: Awarded the best innovative idea in passing the peak of electricity consumption in 2020 start-up event organised by Greater Tehran Electric Power Distribution Company (TBTB).u003cbru003eu003cbru003eApril 2018: The highest Ph.D. thesis grade (2020) as a record at the electrical and computer engineering faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eDecember 2013: Recipient of the Best National Master’s Thesis Award at the Smart Grid Conference, Tehran.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eSeptember 2013: Accepted in Ph.D. programme at Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) through non-entrance exam admission for talented students.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eJanuary 2012: Granted the honour of joining the Office of Developing Exceptional Talents at Shiraz University of Technology.

Research and technology scientistu003cbru003eSeptember 2020 – September 2025: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technologyu003cbru003eInvited research associateu003cbru003eResearch associateu003cbru003eMay 2019 – October 2020: Niroo Research Institute (NRI)u003cbru003eInvited research associateu003cbru003eApril 2018 – April 2019 Greater Tehran electric power distribution company, TBTB

April 2018 Ph.D. in electrical power system engineering (honours)u003cbru003eTarbiat Modares University, Tehranu003cbru003eu003cbru003eJune 2013 M.Sc. in electrical power system engineering (honours)u003cbru003eShiraz University of Technology, Shirazu003cbru003eu003cbru003eSeptember 2011 B.Sc. in electrical power system engineeringu003cbru003eShahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman