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Jakob Jacobsen

Research assistant and doctoral candidate
Focus fields:
Power Electronics & Battery Storage Mobility Grid Integration
Contact me for:
Cooperations with companies Cooperations for scientists Lectures

Short description

Jakob Jacobsen studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in Kiel and Aalborg (Denmark) and Industrial Engineering and Information Technologies in Kiel. He completed both degree programs in Kiel in 2023 with the M.Sc. Before that, he completed both degree programs with a B.Sc. in 2021.

Since 2023, he has been a research assistant and doctoral student at the Chair of Power Electronics under Prof. Marco Liserre at Kiel University.

His research interests include Talkative Power Conversion and DC Microgrid Control.

Research data

Academic degree
PhD candidate
Department
Engineering
Research topic

Talkative Power Conversion, Talkative Power Converters, DC microgrid control.

Research institute
Kiel University
Location of the research institute
Kiel
Department/Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Institution
Institute for Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
Chair
Chair of Power Electronics

Career

Education
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2023
M.Sc. Industrial Engineering Electrical and Information Technologies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2023
B.Sc. Industrial Engineering Electrical and Information Technologies, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2021
Experience
Research assistant and doctoral candidate (since 2023)

Publications and projects

Selected publications
J. Jacobsen and M. Langwasser, "Gershgorin Feedback Control for Talkative Buck Converters in DC Microgrids," 2025 IEEE Kiel PowerTech, Kiel, Germany, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PowerTech59965.2025.11180246. (Link to publication)
J. Jacobsen, M. Langwasser and M. Liserre, "Phase-Shift Keying-based Modulation of Talkative Dual-Active Bridge Converters," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905247. (Link to publication)
L. Camurca, J. Jacobsen and M. Liserre, "Passive Clamping Circuit for Reduced Switch Count in Solid State Circuit Breakers," 2021 IEEE 15th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG), Florence, Italy, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CPE-POWERENG50821.2021.9501076. (Link to publication)

Committees and Awards

Selected awards
Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation, 2017 - 2023
2nd Place, Best Poster Award - Amprion Energy Innovators Summit 2025
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