{"id":2719,"date":"2014-06-20T13:35:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neon-energie.de\/team\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:55:38","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neon.energy\/en\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>The Neon team<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/en\/hirth\/\">Lion Hirth<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/en\/hirth\/\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4843&#8243; img_size=&#8221;263&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Lion Hirth is founder and Director of Neon. He is an energy economist and expert in renewable energy, electricity market design, and energy policy. Lion has advised clients across the private and public sectors and has worked extensively with Germany&#8217;s DoE. Teaching energy economics and policy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertie-school.org\/hirth\">Hertie School<\/a>, he also helps training the next generation of decision-makers. His academic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neon-energie.de\/publications\">articles<\/a> are published in the top energy economics and engineering journals, have won several awards and are among the <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.de\/citations?user=wZ8bLD8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">most cited<\/a> in the field.<a href=\"http:\/\/neon.energy\/hirth\"><i class=\"icon-right-dir\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"hirth@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:hirth@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"+49 (0) 157-55 199 715\" href=\"tel:+4915755199715\"><i class=\"icon-mobile\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"Lebenslauf (pdf)\" href=\"http:\/\/neon.energy\/hirth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Silvana Tiedemann<\/h3>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5100&#8243; img_size=&#8221;240&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Silvana Tiedemann, Managing Director of Neon, is an expert in energy policy and economics. She has over ten years of experience advising public and private stakeholders. Her areas of specialization include electricity market design, the structuring of auctions for renewables and other energy sources, as well as demand-side flexibility. She studied physics at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and energy and climate policy at SOAS, University of London. She is currently completing her PhD at the Hertie School.<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"schlecht@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:tiedemann@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"tel:+4915779594910\"><i class=\"icon-mobile\" style=\"\"><\/i> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/tiedemann\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/schlecht\">Ingmar Schlecht<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4882&#8243; img_size=&#8221;294&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ingmar Schlecht is Partner at Neon. He is an energy economist focusing, on electricity market design, ancillary service procurement and power grid modelling. Ingmar has advised clients in the industry and public sector and worked intensively with Germany\u2019s energy ministry on ancillary services procurement, redispatch markets and open-source energy modeling. As a PhD and postdoctoral researcher at University of Basel, he has developed the electricity market model Swissmod and coordinated two system adequacy studies for the Swiss government.<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"schlecht@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:schlecht@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"+49 (0) 177 86 33 526\" href=\"tel:+491778633526\"><i class=\"icon-mobile\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"CV\" href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/schlecht\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/eicke\">Anselm Eicke<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4841&#8243; img_size=&#8221;221&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anselm Eicke is Partner at Neon. He is an energy economist with a technical background and primarily works on the interaction between electricity grids and markets. This includes topics such as local signals, demand-side flexibility, grid tariffs, and grid access regulation. Previously, Anselm worked at Leibniz University Hannover, for GIZ in Mexico, and for BDEW in Brussels. He earned his PhD from Hertie School, holds a master\u2019s degree in International Energy from Sciences Po Paris, and a B.Sc. in Energy and Process Engineering from TU Berlin.<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"eicke@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:eicke@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"CV\" href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/eicke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/neon.energy\/m\u00fchlenpfordt\">Jonathan M\u00fchlenpfordt<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4851&#8243; img_size=&#8221;211&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan M\u00fchlenpfordt is Senior Consultant. He is an economist and an expert on data analysis, especially for power system data. Jonathan has advised clients across the private and public sectors, including Germany\u2019s Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the European Commission. He is well versed in a number of programming languages, including Python and R. He has worked on the implementation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/open-power-system-data.org\/\">Open Power System Data<\/a> platform and on a review of the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"muehlenpfordt@neon-energie.de\" href=\"mailto:muehlenpfordt@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"CV\" href=\"http:\/\/neon.energy\/m\u00fchlenpfordt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/bronisch\">Johanna Bronisch<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5134&#8243; img_size=&#8221;250&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Johanna Bronisch\u00a0is a Senior Consultant at Neon, focussing on decentral flexibility, e-mobility, and grid fees. She previously established Energy Innovation as an independent initiative at UnternehmerTUM. In this role, she acquired significant experience in managing multi-client projects, mentoring startups, and implementing innovation methods in the energy sector. Johanna holds a B.Sc. in Psychology and an M.Sc. in Neuroscience from UCL, and a Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from Humboldt University Berlin.<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"lohr@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:bronisch@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/bronisch\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/lohr\">Clemens Lohr<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4847&#8243; img_size=&#8221;263&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\">Dr. Clemens Lohr is Consultant and an expert in energy system analysis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\">H<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\">is<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\"> work<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed GrammarErrorHighlight SCXW52795417 BCX4\">has <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed GrammarErrorHighlight SCXW52795417 BCX4\">a focus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\"> on prosumer flexibility. He earned his <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW52795417 BCX4\">Master\u2019s degree in Industrial Engineering<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW52795417 BCX4\"> (M.Sc.) from Leibniz University Hannover, where he later completed his PhD on the distribution of renewable energy and flexibility in climate-neutral energy systems. During his studies, Clemens gained practical experience at a regional distribution network operator, a municipal utility, and an energy service provider.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW52795417 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"lohr@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:lohr@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"CV\" href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/lohr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/neef\">Alexander Neef<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4853&#8243; img_size=&#8221;204&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alexander Neef is C<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">onsultant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"> and is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">focuses on solar <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW32863940 BCX4\">overshoot<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"> and local signals in electricity markets. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">Prior to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"> Neon, he was working<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"> on energy topics<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">in the German Bundestag with a scholarship <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">by<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"> the Wilhelm-and-Else-Heraeus foundation. He studied chemistry and biochemistry (B.Sc.) at LMU Munich and physics (M.Sc.) at the University of Regensburg. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">He holds a PhD<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\">in physics from TU Berlin and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW32863940 BCX4\">published<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32863940 BCX4\"> in Nature.<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW32863940 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"neef@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:neef@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/neef\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/maksimova\">Vlada Maksimova<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4884&#8243; img_size=&#8221;234&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">Vlada Maksimova is Consultant, working on projects on electricity network tariffs<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">flexibility. She holds a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW43435724 BCX4\">Master&#8217;s degree in Industrial Engineering<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW43435724 BCX4\">and Management<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">with a focus on energy and resource management from the Technical University of Berlin. During her studies, Vlada gained experience in various companies in the energy industry: a wind farm developer and operator, a trans<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">mission <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">system <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\">operator<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43435724 BCX4\"> and an energy consulting company.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"maksimova@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:maksimova@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a title=\"CV\" href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/maksimova\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/hoffmann\">Anton Hoffmann<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4845&#8243; img_size=&#8221;255&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\">Anton Hoffmann is C<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\">onsultant, advising on funding mechanisms for renewable energy. He holds a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW75573365 BCX4\">Master in Public Policy<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\"> from the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW75573365 BCX4\">Hertie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\"> School, specializing in energy economics and policy, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\">subsequently<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75573365 BCX4\"> worked there as a Research Associate. During his studies, he gained experience in the public sector, consulting, and political advocacy.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW75573365 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"hoffmann@neon.energy\" href=\"mailto:hoffmann@neon.energy\"><i class=\"icon-email\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/hoffmann\"><i class=\"icon-doc-text\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Neon team [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Lion Hirth [vc_single_image image=&#8221;4843&#8243; img_size=&#8221;263&#215;210&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;] Prof. Dr. Lion Hirth is founder and Director of Neon. 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