Rate My Professor Gregor Verbic

Professor Gregor Verbic is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Sydney, serving as Director of the Centre for Future Energy Networks. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Joining the University of Sydney in April 2010 as an Associate Professor, he progressed to his current professorial position. His research specializes in grid and market integration of renewable energies and distributed energy resources, future grid modelling and scenario analysis, wide-area coordination of distributed energy resources, and demand response. Verbic applies tools such as applied optimisation, machine learning, data analytics, and game theory to tackle complex problems at the nexus of power systems, decision theory, and data science. He is a member of the Power Engineering Research Group and contributes to the field through advanced power system analysis, smart grid technologies, distributed generation, power system stability, grid integration, and energy management.

With over 8,800 citations on Google Scholar, Verbic's influential publications include 'Foundations and challenges of low-inertia systems' (2018, Power Systems Computation Conference, 1640 citations, co-authored with F. Milano et al.), 'Decentralized P2P energy trading under network constraints in a low-voltage network' (2018, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 770 citations, with J. Guerrero and A.C. Chapman), 'Probabilistic optimal power flow in electricity markets based on a two-point estimate method' (2006, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 437 citations, with C.A. Cañizares), 'Local voltage-stability index using Tellegen's theorem' (2006, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 402 citations, with I. Šmon and F. Gubina), and 'Towards a transactive energy system for integration of distributed energy resources' (2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 351 citations). He received the IEEE Power and Energy Society Prize Paper Award in 2006. Verbic serves on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and has leadership roles in IEEE PES, including involvement in the Working Group on Demand Response.