Patricia Teixeira Leite Asano

PATRICIA TEIXEIRA LEITE ASANO received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Mato Grosso Federal University (Brazil) in 1995 and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo (Brazil) in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2004 to 2006, she developed research activities at the Lactec Institute, and since 2006, has joined the Engineering Center of the Federal University of ABC (Brazil). She is an associate professor of Energy Engineering and the current coordinator of the Graduate Program on Energy. Her research interests include energy markets and regulations, hydrothermal power system planning, optimization techniques, and artificial intelligence. . (Source: Lattes Curriculum)