Hatef Madani Larijani

Hatef Madani is Associate Professor  and Docent in Energy Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.  Beside teaching and doing research in Academia, Hatef is working closely with research institutes and industries in Europe and he is currently Senior Scientist at Austrian Institute of Technology. Hatef is also a member of the steering committee at Renewable Heating and Cooling European Technology and Innovation Platform (RHC ETIP).

Hatef received his PhD on optimization and control of heat pump systems from KTH.  During the last decade, he has been involved in several national and international research projects on energy system analysis and system modeling. Smart Fault Detection and Diagnosis for heat pumps, techno-economic analysis of solar PV system systems, Spatial analysis of building heating solutions in China, and and behavioral economics for the solar PV investment are the examples of his recent research projects. 

Hatef is leading the research group called KTH ENSEED. He is the course responsible and examiner of several courses at Department of Energy such as "Energy Management" and "Energy Systems: Innovation and Entrepreneurship".