Electric mobility and smart charging
EV and electric bus charging strategies, infrastructure planning, fleet electrification, and grid-aware operation.
Electrical engineering · EVs for the energy transition
Jônatas Augusto Manzolli
I study how electric vehicles can become active energy assets, using optimization, artificial intelligence, and simulation to support V2G, smart charging, aggregators, and smarter grids.
- Publications
- 20+ peer-reviewed publications
- Impact
- 554 citations · h-index 9
- Focus
- Electric mobility, V2G, aggregators, smart grids
Profile
Research that connects EVs, power systems, and decision-making.
My work develops quantitative and computational methods for electric vehicles and energy systems, with particular emphasis on smart charging, vehicle-to-grid services, aggregators, battery degradation, energy markets, and grid-aware operation.
I hold a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Coimbra, completed summa cum laude, an MSc in Energy for Sustainability, and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Campinas, including an exchange program at the Technical University of Munich.
Research agenda
Electric vehicles as flexible resources for the energy transition.
I focus on models that are rigorous enough for research and practical enough to support decisions by utilities, aggregators, fleet operators, charging providers, and public institutions.
V2G, aggregators, and energy markets
Robust, bi-level, hierarchical, and multi-objective optimization for dynamic tariffs, vehicle-to-grid services, aggregator coordination, and market participation.
AI, simulation, and digital energy tools
Agent-based simulation, machine learning for consumption and degradation, digital twins, and hybrid AI-optimization frameworks for power, charging, and electrified mobility systems.
Smart grids and policy-oriented decision support
MCDA, SMAA, PROMETHEE, synthetic MCDA, and policy-oriented tools for electrification, grid flexibility, and energy-transition decisions.
Selected publications
Recent and representative work.
2026 · Applied Energy
Planning resilient electric bus operations in cold regions
Agent-based simulation and optimization framework for electric bus operations under climate and operational variability.
10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.1277352025 · Applied Energy
Electric bus fleet charging management under battery ageing, tariffs, and uncertainty
10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.1251372024 · Energy
Aggregator-supported strategy for electric bus fleet charging
10.1016/j.energy.2024.1324972026 · npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
Balancing energy resilience and mobility for shared autonomous electric vehicles
10.1038/s44333-026-00081-92025 · Sustainable Futures
Decision-making in bus-transit systems using stochastic multi-criteria acceptability analysis
10.1016/j.sftr.2025.1006532025 · Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Synthetic multi-criteria decision analysis for participatory transportation planning
10.1016/j.trip.2025.1014632022 · Energy
Electric bus coordinated charging strategy considering V2G and battery degradation
10.1016/j.energy.2022.124252Projects and tools
From research models to usable platforms.
Software platform
SMaRTE electric bus smart charging platform
End-to-end platform for planning and operating electric bus fleets, including smart charging, load management, peak shaving, and grid-aware fleet coordination.
RepositoryModeling and optimization
Electric bus battery degradation and optimization
Lifecycle-aware modeling that integrates degradation-aware optimization, hybrid physics and machine-learning models, and battery cost/lifetime trade-offs.
RepositorySimulation framework
EV charging grid simulator
Simulation framework for EV-grid interaction at system scale, including charging demand, infrastructure stress, load analysis, and optimization coupling.
Repository
Venture
Nextdriv
Research commercialization initiative developing digital decision-support tools for electric fleet planning, operations, charging infrastructure, battery degradation, and energy-system and smart-grid analysis.
Visit NextdrivWriting and audio
Ideas beyond the journal page.
I also share reflections on electric mobility, innovation, sustainability, and science communication through writing and Portuguese-language conversations.
Blog
Medium
Essays and public-facing reflections on electric mobility, sustainability, research, and technology adoption.
Read on MediumPodcast · Portuguese
Projeto Fusu
Conversations in Portuguese about science, society, technology, sustainability, and the future of complex systems.
Career
Academic path and professional experience.
Postdoctoral Researcher
IMaTS Lab, McGill University, Canada
Affiliated Researcher
INESC Coimbra / University of Coimbra, Portugal
Visiting Researcher
University of Sherbrooke, Canada
PhD, Sustainable Energy Systems
University of Coimbra, Portugal · Summa cum laude
MSc, Energy for Sustainability
University of Coimbra, Portugal
BSc, Electrical Engineering
University of Campinas, Brazil
Recognition
Awards, fellowships, and outreach.
Funding and fellowships
- SYLFF Research Grant, 2025
- Lab2Market Validate Summer Cohort, 2025
- Tokyo Foundation SYLFF Research Grant, 2023
- FCT National PhD Research Fellowship, 2021-2025
- Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Award, 2020
Awards and competitions
- Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2025
- Altice Innovation Award, second place, 2021
- CityHack Hackathon, first place, 2021
- Microsoft Building the Future Hackathon, second place, 2021
- Top 10, Oeiras Valley Competition and EDP University Challenge, 2020
Talks and public engagement
- IEEE VPPC tutorial on robust charging strategies for electric bus fleets
- PANAMSTR webinar on optimization of electric vehicles
- Seminars at McGill University, University of Sherbrooke, INESC Coimbra, and Coimbra Polytechnic
- Public outreach through RTP, Sylff Association, Forbes, Publico, and Portuguese media
Contact
Open to collaborations on EVs, V2G, aggregators, and smart grids.
I am interested in research partnerships, applied projects, and technology-transfer conversations around electric mobility as a flexible resource for the energy transition.
Smart charging
V2G
Aggregators
Smart grids
Battery-aware operation
Current affiliation
Jônatas Augusto Manzolli
Postdoctoral Researcher, IMaTS Lab
McGill University · Montreal, Canada
jonatas.manzolli@mcgill.ca