Macarena Martin Almenta received the M.Eng. degree in industrial
engineering specializing in energy systems from the University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain, in 2011. She is currently
working toward the Ph.D. degree at the Energy, Power and Intelligent Control Cluster, Queen's University Belfast,
Belfast, U.K. Her research interests include electricity market, energy generation systems, and energy storage
systems. She is a Member of the IEEE PES.