PhD candidate at DTU and product builder by night, working at the intersection of energy systems, sustainability, and AI. Driven by relentless curiosity and the conviction that the best engineers don't just model the future, they create it.
Shaped by persistent obsessions: markets, the long arc of history, psychology and philosophy — kaizen, ikigai, tanren in particular. The same pattern-recognition I use to model energy systems, I apply to human behaviour, civilisational cycles, and what it means to build something that lasts.
01 / Research
System-level modeling to accelerate the transition toward truly sustainable electric mobility, integrating battery technology, V2G, and global supply chain analysis. Spans the full lifecycle, from cradle-to-grave LCA and degradation modeling to second-life applications and grid-scale storage.
Institution
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
Period
Nov 2024 — Oct 2027
Supervisor
Mattia Marinelli, Francesco Pastorelli, Alexis Laurent
Publications
Ferhati, L., Wei, X., Van Herle J., Ferrari L.
Ferhati, L., Pastorelli, F., Laurent, A., Marinelli, M.
Ferhati, L., Pastorelli, F., Laurent, A., Marinelli, M.
Research Initiatives
Mapping sustainability across value chains.
Est. Q3 2026Solo research initiative for systematic mapping of environmental impact across complex systems and value chains. Grounded in the methodology developed through my PhD research, MApper operationalises absolute sustainability assessment at scale.
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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
02 / Work
Collective intelligence, engineered.
AI-powered collaboration platform that amplifies group decision-making. Synthesizes diverse inputs, surfaces hidden consensus, and structures deliberation — making teams smarter than the sum of their parts.
03 / Ventures
The iOS studio behind the apps.
Independent iOS development studio building consumer apps at the intersection of AI and personal data. Focused on privacy-first, on-device intelligence — every product processes data locally, never in the cloud.
04 / Contact
Whether you’re interested in research collaboration, a software project, or just want to exchange ideas — I’m reachable.
leo_frht@icloud.com