Johannes Hampp
Senior Energy System Modeller at Open Energy Transition
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJohannes Hampp is a Senior Energy System Modeller with seven years of experience building open, data-driven models for decarbonisation, currently advancing PtX, sector coupling and renewables integration at Open Energy Transition. He combines a PhD-level background in energy system modelling and energy economics with hands-on software contributions to prominent open-source projects like PyPSA-Eur and PyPSA-Earth, improving data pipelines, land-cover integration and renewable profile generation. His work spans research, policy-facing analysis at institutions such as the IEA and PIK, and practical regional engagement from African grid modelling to European country-level features (including support for Ukraine and Moldova). Comfortable at the intersection of coding, data engineering and energy policy, he brings both academic rigor and production-focused engineering to complex supply-chain and system optimisation problems. An atypical detail: his mix of condensed-matter physics training and IT service-management background gives him a rare combination of deep analytic instincts and robust software/process discipline.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Junior Fellow, Junior Fellow at MedTech Startup School TübingenBachelor’s Degree, Business Information Systems - IT Service Management, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Information Systems - IT Service Management at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)Bachelor and Master of Science, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Bachelor and Master of Science, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at University of TübingenPhD, Energy system modelling & energy economics, PhD, Energy system modelling & energy economics at Justus Liebig University Giessen
English, German
Github Skills (20)
simulation-modeling10
snakemake10
pypsa10
python10
data-modeling10
geospatial10
3d-modelling10
spatial-data10
geo10
spatial10
data-integration10
modeling10
data-analysis10
pandas9
git9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
PyPSA/pypsa-eur
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
PyPSA-Eur: A Sector-Coupled Open Optimisation Model of the European Energy System
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:40 reviews, 50 commits, 32 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Johannes primarily contributes to the PyPSA-Eur repository by modifying and adding functionality related to the energy system model. Their work includes updating release notes, integrating land cover data for availability matrix calculations, and modifying the build process for renewable energy profiles. They also added country-specific energy availability factors for nuclear power plants and refactored the code base to support Ukraine and Moldova.
renewable-energysnl-applicationseuropeanenergy-systemmodeling-tool
pypsa-meets-earth/pypsa-earth
Jan 2022 - May 2022
PyPSA-Earth: A flexible Python-based open optimisation model to study energy system futures around the world.
Role in this project:Data Engineer
Data EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 4 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Johannes primarily contributed to improving the data processing and configuration aspects of the PyPSA-Earth repository. Their work focused on updating the `config_osm_data.py` script for data integration, merging branches, implementing Copernicus Land Cover (CLC) codes for area exclusions, and updating related documentation and release notes. This included fixing typos and ensuring the correct coordinate reference systems (CRS) were used in the data processing pipelines.
power-systemsoptimisation-modelearthpypsa-africasimulation
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