Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer IWES

Biography

Jonas Schmidt holds the position of a Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer IWES, department of Aerodynamics & Numerical Wind Energy Meteorology. He obtained his Ph.D. in theoretical physics before joining the R&D department of Senvion. Over the past 10 years at Fraunhofer IWES, his research focused on wind farm aerodynamics, wind farm optimisation, wake modelling and CFD tool development for OpenFOAM. He is the main developer of the IWES wind farm modelling software foxes and IWES meshers for complex terrain. Dr. Schmidt's experience covers both research and industry projects with worldwide partners.