LeonardoFerhati
PhD candidate at DTU, researching whether electric vehicles and their batteries can stay within the planet's environmental limits. Outside the lab I build software, from iOS apps to AI platforms, and the companies that ship it.
I read about markets, history, psychology and philosophy, kaizen, ikigai and tanren above all. I approach people and societies the way I approach energy systems: find the pattern, then test whether it holds.
Research
Academic Work
System Analysis for Absolute Sustainability of Electric Vehicles in the Energy Systems
The project models electric mobility at system level and measures it against absolute environmental limits. It combines battery technology, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and global supply chains, and covers the full lifecycle: cradle-to-grave LCA, battery degradation, second-life use and grid-scale storage.
Institution
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
Period
Nov 2024 — Oct 2027
Supervisor
Mattia Marinelli, Francesco Pastorelli, Alexis Laurent
Conference works
Assessing environmental sustainability of different battery technologies for electric vehicles
Ferhati, L., Pastorelli, F., Laurent, A., Marinelli, M.
1st International Conference on Absolute Sustainability · 2025
Multi-dimensional allocation model within the AESA framework with Uncertainty Propagation: A case study on the EU-27 automotive sector
Ferhati, L., Pastorelli, F., Laurent, A., Marinelli, M.
SETAC Europe 2026 — Poster Spotlight 5.07.P-Th206 · 2026
Price Signals and Carbon Emissions: Why EV Charging is Cleaner Than Expected
Mittag, J.M., Ferhati, L., Secchi, M., Ziras, C., Marinelli, M.
CIRED 2026 Brussels Workshop — Paper 1362 · 2026
Research Areas
Academic Profiles
Academic Timeline
PhD in System Analysis for Absolute Sustainability of EVs
Technical University of Denmark (Dept. of Wind and Energy Systems)
Nov 2024 — Oct 2027 · Ongoing
Research Assistant in Renewable Energy Communities (RECs)
University of Pisa (DESTEC)
May 2024 — Oct 2024 · Research topic: Renewable Energy Communities
Master Thesis Exchange
EPFL (Group of Energy Materials — Jan Van Herle)
Oct 2023 — Feb 2024 · Master's thesis: Life Cycle Assessment of Power-to-X-to-Power Pathways.
MSc in Advanced Energy Engineering
University of Pisa
Sept 2022 — Feb 2024
BSc in Energy Engineering
University of Pisa
Oct 2019 — June 2022
Repositories
GitHub
MApper
Mapping sustainability across value chains.
A desktop app for macOS and Windows that I build on my own. It runs life cycle assessment, dynamic stock modelling, prospective LCA and absolute sustainability assessment in one workflow on ecoinvent data, then checks the results against planetary boundaries. Free and open source.
Contact
Let’s work together
Research collaboration, a software project, or an idea you want a second opinion on: write to me.
leo_frht@icloud.comOr find me on