Sijia Geng — PENSA

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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Johns Hopkins University and a Core Faculty with the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI). At Johns Hopkins, I am affiliated with the Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics (AMS), the Department of Computer Science (CS), and the Mathematical Institute for Data Science (MINDS). I direct the Power and Energy Network Systems Analysis (PENSA) Laboratory and am co-PI of the Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS) Center.

My research integrates methodologies from system and control theory, mathematical analysis, and optimization to address pressing and fundamental challenges in complex networked energy systems. I develop theory and computational tools to enable the renewable energy transition and achieve autonomous, resilient, and sustainable next-generation energy systems.

My research areas include:

•  Dynamic analysis and stability of inverter-based power systems.
•  Control theory and system theory.
•  Nonlinear and hybrid dynamical systems.
• Data-driven and geometric methods.
•  Electrified transportation and multi-energy systems.

I completed my Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in January 2022, advised by Prof. Ian A. Hiskens, and obtained two M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Electrical & Computer Engineering from the same university, both in 2021. In 2022, I worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), collaborating with Dr. Audun Botterud. In Summer 2018, I interned at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). In Summer 2024, I was a research member with the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) at the University of Chicago.

I am the recipient of the Best Paper Award for the 2022 MIT/Harvard Applied Energy Symposium (MIT, Aug 2022, one of the top 6 out of 150 contributions), Rising Stars in EECS (MIT, Aug 2021), Barbour Scholarship (Umich, Mar 2021, among the oldest and most prestigious awards at Umich), Honorable Mention of Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research (Umich, Feb 2021), Finalist of Marian Sarah Parker Prize-Graduate (Umich, Feb 2021), Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement (Umich, Feb 2018), and Gerald and Esther Forrest Graduate Student Fellowship (Umich, Sep 2016).