About

Kiana Niazmand holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Productivity and System Management, as well as a Master’s degree in Economics, focusing on Energy Markets. From September 2021 to June 2024, she worked as a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Economic Theory at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU). Since July 2024, she has joined the Energy Systems and Market Design Lab at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), where she continues her research.

Research interessts

• Hydrogen markets
• Techno-economic modelling of green hydrogen carriers and sustainable biofuels
• Economic viability of carbon dioxide removal technologies

Teaching

• Tutorial Economics of Climate Change
• Bachelor and Master thesis supervision

Publications

• Grimm, V., Niazmand, K., & Runge, P. (2026). Assessing biomass carbon dioxide removal supply chains: System modelling and economic assessment. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 226, 116298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.116298
• Egerer, J., Grimm, V., Niazmand, K., & Runge, P. (2023). The economics of global green ammonia trade – “Shipping Australian wind and sunshine to Germany”. Applied Energy, 334(120662). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120662