Scientist Profile: Sila Kiliccote

February 12, 2018 |  

Director
GISMo Laboratory
SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory

MS, Building Science, Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire

Ms. Sila Kiliccote founded and leads SLAC’s GISMo Laboratory, and is now leading big-data analytics applications for distribution grid planning. Prior to joining SLAC, Ms. Kiliccote worked as a demand response expert at Google. Kiliccote also spent over 10 years at Berkeley Lab, leading grid integration initiatives as a deputy of the Demand Response Research Center, while also working on the development of OpenADR — a worldwide standard for automation of load flexibility.

Ms. Kiliccote can speak and advise on the following technical fields:

  • Demand response and building energy efficiency.
  • Distributed energy resources.
  • Electric vehicle smart charging and vehicle-to-grid services.
  • Distribution grid planning and operations.
  • Wholesale markets.

 

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Updated: 2018.02.13

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