Dr.ir. Zofia Lukszo studied applied mathematics at Technical University of Lodz and philosophy at University of Lodz, Poland. In 1996 she received at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, the Ph.D. degree for the thesis “A Practical Approach to Recipe Improvement and Optimization in the Batch Processing Industry”. Since 1995 Zofia has been working on the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. She is there an Associate Professor in the Energy and Industry group. Besides she is the director of the SEPAM (Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management) Master Program at the TU Delft.

Her research concentrates on a wide range of problems in the way complex socio-technical systems are functioning today and can be (re-)shaped for the sustainable future. The questions she works on concern investigation of supporting technology and emerging institutions for the transition towards sustainable energy systems. Shaping smart grid, requiring additional flexibility from the users in cooperation with dispatchable power plants, storage and interconnections, forms a main pillar in her research. Zofia is a Steering Board member of PowerWeb – an interfaculty research programme on smart grids at the Delft University of Technology.