Sabine Auer

Research Domain IV Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods   Contact: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Pappelallee 20 14469 Potsdam Email: auer(at)pik-potsdam.de Research Interests Power Grids & Renewable Energy Sources Socio-economic modeling, game theory Electricity market design and modeling Complex Networks Nonlinear dynamics

Curriculum Vitae

I am Dr. Sabine Auer and together with Dr. Tim Kittel and Christina Horn I am leading the Research transfer project elena at the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research. Our goal is to found “elena international” to enable renewable power grids. I just finished my PhD at Humboldt University and at PIK which gives me three years of research background in power grid stability analysis. Now, I want to bring the concepts and methods that I acquired into application and advise remote microgrids and island power grids how to transition towards 100% renewables in a grid-stable manner.

Prior, I studied physics at TU Ilmenau, TU Berlin and worked for Siemens AG, Yale University in New Haven and the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) In Barcelona as a working student or intern.

Publications:

S. Auer, W. Wan, X. Huang, A. Ramirez, H. Cao,
Morphology-induced plasmonic resonances in silver-aluminum alloy thin films,
Applied Physics Letters, 99, 041116 (2011)
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3619840

S. Auer, J. Heitzig, U. Kornek, E. Schöll, J. Kurths.
The Dynamics of Coalition Formation on Complex Networks.
Nature Scientific Reports 5, 13386; (2015).
doi: 10.1038/srep13386

B. Schäfer, C. Grabow, S. Auer, D. Witthaut, M. Timme.
Taming Instabilities in Power Grid Networks by Decentralized Control.
Phys. J. Spec. Top. (2016) 225: 569. doi:10.1140/epjst/e2015-50136-y

S. Auer, K. Kleis, P.Schultz, J. Kurths, F. Hellmann.
The impact of model detail on power grid resilience measures.
Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. (2016) 225: 609. doi:10.1140/epjst/e2015-50265-9

S. Auer, F. Steinke, W. Chunsen, A. Szabo, R. Sollacher.
Can Distribution Grids Significantly Contribute to Transmission Grids’ Voltage Management?
In PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe 2016) pp. 1-6. IEEE.

S. Auer, F. Helllmann, M. Krause, J. Kurths.
Stability of Synchrony against Local Intermittent Fluctuations in Tree-like Power Grids
arXiv:1702.08707 [physics.soc-ph] (2017), paper submitted