Ali Hainoun | Simulation & Training | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Ali Hainoun | Simulation & Training | Research Excellence Award 

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | Austria

Dr. Ali Hainoun is a senior scientist and internationally recognized energy systems expert at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Centre for Energy, with more than three decades of experience in integrated energy systems analysis, sustainable energy strategy development, and the clean energy transition. He holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Bochum University. His career includes impactful roles across leading institutions such as KIT, FZJ, HZDR, AECS, ESCWA, UNDP, GIZ, RCREEE, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 2003, he has served as an “Expert on Mission” for the IAEA, delivering high-level training, capacity building, and policy guidance to more than 15 countries in the MENA region, GCC, Africa, and South Asia, focusing on long-term energy demand analysis, supply optimization, GHG mitigation, and frameworks aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. At AIT, Dr. Hainoun leads research activities on urban energy systems, specializing in spatio-temporal energy modelling for climate-neutral cities, Positive Energy Districts, and the monitoring and evaluation of integrated energy solutions. He actively contributes to and coordinates major EU and national R&D projects, including PLENTY-LIFE, ASCEND, CREATE, DIGICITIES, BIPED, and GOES. Previously, he served as Director of Research and Head of the Energy Systems Analysis Division at the Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, where he established the national energy planning group and contributed significantly to the development and application of IAEA’s global energy planning tools such as MESSAGE, MAED, WASP, and SIMPACTS. Author of over 80 scientific publications and a member of multiple international editorial and advisory boards, Dr. Hainoun is widely regarded for his leadership, technical depth, and contributions to sustainable energy transitions and integrated urban energy planning worldwide.

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Julia Barczyk is an ornithologist and ecological researcher with extensive experience in field biology, statistical modelling, and biodiversity monitoring across Europe, Asia, and South America. She is completing her PhD at the University of Wrocław, where her dissertation focuses on evaluating methods of forest bird abundance estimation using hierarchical models and long-term field studies in Białowieża National Park. She holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from Jagiellonian University, with research spanning natal dispersal in blue tits and physiological responses to fasting in zebra finches. Her professional and internship experience includes advanced laboratory and molecular work, extensive bird monitoring, and international field research, such as metabarcoding of aquatic insects in Poland, modelling forest bird abundance at the Swiss Ornithological Institute under Marc Kéry, ecological fieldwork in Ecuador for Senckenberg Research Centre, and multiple ornithological and ecological projects in Poland, Sweden, and tropical environments. She has undertaken diverse workshops and specialist courses, including capture-recapture analyses in R, avian parasitology, GPS and geolocator data visualisation, tropical ecology field methods, and licensed bird ringing training. Julia is the author and co-author of several peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Oikos, Ecological Indicators, Journal of Ornithology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, and Journal of Avian Biology, addressing topics from distance sampling and abundance estimation to gut microbiome diversity and functional evolution of avian traits. She has presented her work at major international conferences, including the European Ornithologists’ Union Congress, Bird Numbers conference, and the International Ornithological Congress. A dedicated member of the scientific community, she serves on the board of Association Carpatica – Birds Ringing Station and has previously chaired student naturalist and ornithology organisations at Jagiellonian University.

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