Regular biography
Chris Dent is a Fellow at The University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the MATH department. His contact details are available at Chris.Dent@ed.ac.uk, and his profile can be accessed via the provided website. No specific research areas or additional biographical information are currently available.
Scholar-generated biography
Chris Dent is a Professor of Industrial Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in energy systems and decision analysis. His research focuses on the integration of renewable energy sources into power systems, with an emphasis on optimizing distributed generation and network capacity. Dent's work addresses challenges in energy systems planning, including the evaluation of capacity value, voltage control, and market design for renewable energy. He has published extensively on topics such as battery degradation analysis, active networks, and the economic dispatch of flexible demand. His research bridges energy system modeling with mathematical optimization techniques to support sustainable energy transitions.