I earned my PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in June 2024, advising by Prof. Victor Zavala. After completing my PhD, I joined the Department of Systems Engineering at City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor. Now, my group is focusing on one thing:
How to exploit the flexibility of energy-intensive industrial processes in today's volatile energy markets？
To address this question, we develop tailored graph-based, ADMM, GPU accelerated algorithms and Julia Packages, to address computational challenges in large-scale energy systems and complex chemical processes. We apply these frameworks to optimize the real-time operation of LLM data centers, mobile energy storage, and electrified chemical processes.
PhD Openings for 2026/2027 academic year, spring and autumn:
I am looking for PhD students who are interested in optimization, energy systems, and process systems engineering. Our group has a very diverse background. I did my PhD in Chemical Engineering, minor in Computer Science with an emphasis on optimization. My current students did their undergrad studies in automation, math, computer science, industrial engineering and management science departments.
RA Openings for 2026/2027 academic year, spring and autumn:
- Our group welcomes students with backgrounds in process systems engineering/energy systems engineering to join us as research assistants (RAs). We offer a competitive salary to RAs in our group. We expect students to have at least 2 first-authored papers in journals such as the AIChE Journal, Computers & Chemical Engineering or IEEE trans. The visiting periods are flexible, ranging from 3 months to 2 years.
- 我组欢迎大陆院校中，具有化工系统工程（PSE）研究背景的化工或自动化专业硕士博士生申请本课题组的visitor职位，待遇私聊。申请者需以第一作者身份在AIChE Journal、Computers & Chemical Engineering、IEEE Trans等期刊发表至少2篇论文。该访问职位长期有效，访问时长灵活（3月-2年皆可）欢迎有意者联系我们咨询详情。
Previous Experience
- May 2022 - Sep 2022, Research Intern, MCS Division, Argonne.
- Aug 2018 - Jan 2019, Visitor, Cornell University.
Journal
- Ruochen, Li. , Zhichao, Chen. , Zhaoting, Zhang. , Renjie, Guo. , Zhankun, Sun. , Jiwei, Yao. & Jiaze, Ma*. (Oct 2025). Degradation-Aware Model Predictive Control for Battery Swapping Stations under Energy Arbitrage. arXiv.
- Rui, Wang. , Jiaze, Ma. , Yuansheng, Hong. , Victor, Zavala. & Song, Jin. (2024). Exploiting different electricity markets via highly rate-mismatched modular electrochemical synthesis. Nature Energy.
- Ma, Jiaze et al. (2023). Exploiting Electricity Market Dynamics using Flexible Electrolysis Units for Retrofitting Methanol Synthesis. Energy & Environmental Science.
- Ma, Jiaze et al. (2022). Economic Evaluation of Infrastructures for Thermochemical Upcycling of Post-Consumer Plastic Waste. Green Chemistry.
- Ma, Jiaze. & Victor, Zavala. (2022). Solution of Large-Scale Supply Chain Models using Graph Sampling & Coarsening. Computers & Chemical Engineering.
- Ma, Jiaze et al. (2018). Multi-objective Optimization of Multi-period Interplant Heat Integration Using Steam System. Energy.
Last update date :
11 May 2026
