Dr.-Ing. Mariela Tapia
Office: NEOS 4260
Tel.: +49 421 218 64893
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Research associate at the Research Group Resilient Energy Systems and at artec Sustainability Research Center focusing on the resilience of complex socio-technical systems.
Since 03/2016
PhD Researcher at Resilient Energy Systems Department, Faculty Production Engineering, University of Bremen
05/2015 – 02/2016
Intern at Next-Energy EWE Research Centre for Energy Technology, Oldenburg, Germany
10/2013 – 12/2014
M.Sc. in Renewable Energy, European Master in Renewable Energy, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
Master Thesis: “Evaluation of Performance Models against Actual Performance of Grid Connected PV Systems”
06/2014 – 11/2014
M.Sc. Intern at the Department Renewable Energies, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Germany
02/2014 – 06/2014
Photovoltaic Systems Specialization, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
02/2009 – 08/2013
Automation and Control Engineer at the Maintenance Department, Petroamazonas EP, Shushufindi, Ecuador
09/2005 – 10/2008
Technical and Commercial Support Engineer, Evigisa S.A., Quito, Ecuador
08/1998 – 12/2004
B.Sc. Electronic Engineering, Escuela Politécnica del Ejército (ESPE),Sangolquí, Ecuador
Specialization: Automation and Control Systems
Vulnerability
Resilience
Power system modeling
Digitalization
Renewable energy
Climate change
Tapia, M. (2025). 14-year WRF simulation of wind resources over Ecuador's mainland and the Galapagos Islands. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/WRF_WIND_14yrs
Kock, S.; Tapia, M.; Varela, C.; Schirmer, M. (2024). Spatio-temporal evaluation of green hydrogen production in Ecuador. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-99545-0
Tapia, M., Ramos, L., Heinemann, D., & Zondervan, E. (2023). Evaluación del potencial fotovoltaico en tejados en el cantón Quito. Perfiles, 1(30), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.47187/perf.v1i30.240
Tapia, M. (2023). Variability analysis of renewable power generation in complex terrain and the contribution of the spatio-temporal synergies for a resilient power supply. Methodology development and Ecuador case study. Universität Bremen. https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/2780
Tapia, M., Ramos, L., Heinemann, D., and Zondervan, E. (2022). Power to the city: Assessing the rooftop solar photovoltaic potential in multiple cities of Ecuador. Physical Sciences Reviews. https://doi.org/doi:10.1515/psr-2020-0061
Tapia, M., Heinemann, D., Ballari, D., and Zondervan, E. (2022). Spatio-temporal characterization of long-term solar resource using spatial functional data analysis: Understanding the variability and complementarity of global horizontal irradiance in Ecuador. Renewable Energy, 189, 1176–1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.03.049
Tapia, M., Thier, P., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2020). Building resilient cyber-physical power systems. TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 29(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.29.1.23
Tapia, M., Thier, P., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2020b). Vulnerability and resilience of cyber-physical power systems. Universität Bremen - Forschungszentrum Nachhaltigkeit, artec-paper Nr. 222, 124. https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/sites/artec/Publikationen/artec_Paper/222_paper.pdf
Tapia, M., Spengler, M., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2018): Digitalization of Power Systems – How vulnerable is the system and what are the strategies to increase the system’s resilience? In: 10. BUIS-Tage 2018. Oldenburg.
Hirschl, B., Aretz, A., Bost, M., Tapia, M., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2018): Vulnerabilität und Resilienz des digitalen Stromsystems. Schlussbericht. Berlin, Bremen, Download: www.strom-resilienz.de
Tapia, M., Spengler, M., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2017). Cyber-Security Vulnerability Assessment of Smart Grids. In International ETG Congress 2017 (pp. 489–495). Bonn: VDE Verlag GMBH.
Tapia, M., Gößling-Reisemann, S (2017). Opportunities and risks of the digitalization of power systems. Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment of Smart Grids. Symposium on Innovative Smart Grid Cybersecurity Solutions, Vienna.
Aretz, A., Bost, M., Hirschl, B., Tapia, M., Spengler, M., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2017). Fundamentale Resilienzstrategien für die Stromversorgung erforderlich. Ökologisches Wirtschaften, (4/2017), 22–24.
Hirschl, B., Gößling-Reisemann, S., Aretz, A., & Tapia, M. (2017): Wie das Energiesystem gleichzeitig digitalisiert und stabilisiert werden kann. In: Zukünfte erforschen und gestalten. Forschungsergebnisse der Innovations- und Technikanalyse, 2017.
Kilper, T., Kruse, I., Feser, C., Kirstein, U., Peters, D., Tapia, M., v. Maydell, K., Yilmaz, S., & Behrens, G. (2015). A New Generation of PV Monitoring System with High-Grade Remote Diagnostics Based on Module Level Monitoring and Integrated Yield Simulation. In 30th EU PVSEC. Hamburg, Germany.
Tapia, M. (2024, November). Variability analysis of renewable power generation in complex terrain: the case study of Ecuador. Energieverfahrenstechnik Course - WiSe 2024/2025, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, Germany
Tapia, M. (2024, August). Data analysis of renewable energy resources. 27th International Summer Universities for Women in Computing and Engineering. University of Bremen, Germany
Tapia, M. (2024, June). Towards a more sustainable and resilient energy transition in Ecuador by harnessing the spatio-temporal synergies among renewable energies. 15th International Sustainability Transitions Conference. Oslo, Norway
Tapia, M. (2023, August). Data analysis of renewable energy resources. 26th International Summer Universities for Women in Computing and Engineering. University of Bremen, Germany
Tapia, M. (2021, September). Remote sensing data for solar energy purposes. Webinar: Evaluación de recursos renovables solar, eólico y geotérmico mediante el uso de información satelital de bajo costo, Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador
Tapia, M. (2020, December). Resilience and Vulnerability of Energy Systems: “Resilience as guiding principle and vulnerability as analytical tool”. Resilience of Energy Systems Course - WiSe 2020/2021, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Tapia, M. (2019, June). Resilience and Vulnerability of Energy Systems: “Resilience as guiding principle and vulnerability as analytical tool”. Resilience of Energy Systems Course - SoSe 2019, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Tapia, M. (2019, April). Correlation analysis of renewable resources in Ecuador based on meteorological data with high spatial and temporal resolution. EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna.
Tapia, M. (2018, February). Resilient transformation of national power supply for countries in the Amazon Region. International Conference on Infrastructure Resilience 2018, ETH, Zürich.
Tapia, M., & Gößling-Reisemann, S. (2017, November). Wie vulnerabel ist unser Energiesystem und welche Resilienzstrategien sind möglich?. Abschluss-Veranstaltung zum Projekt „Strom-Resilienz“, Berlin