Dolf Gielen

Dolf Gielen is a Senior Energy Analyst working for the International Energy Agency in Paris in the Energy Technology Policy Division since 2002. His main task is to advise the IEA member governments regarding energy technology policies. He is currently co-ordinating the IEA activities in the field of industrial energy use in the framework of the G8 Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development. Also he is responsible for the energy technology modeling activities.

Dr Gielen studied Chemical Engineering at the Technical University Eindhoven and Environmental Sciences at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. In 1999 he finished his PhD thesis on energy and materials systems analysis at the Technical University Delft. From 1992 till 2000 he worked for the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). For two years he stayed as a research fellow at the Japanese National Institute for Environmental Sciences (NIES).