Holger Hesse holds a PhD in physics and Postdoctoral researcher in the field of energy management and battery energy storage. He is assistant head of the chair for Electrical Energy Storage Technology at Technical University of Munich. This research group focusses on modelling, optimization and control of battery storage systems for stationary applications. Holger Hesse will be head of the newly fronded Professorship "Smart Energy Systems" at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten, focusing techno-economic modelling and machine learning control of battery assisted energy systems.