Ali Arababadi was born in Golbaf, Iran, in 1985. He received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on heat and fluids from Kerman University, Iran. He kept up his interest in energy engineering at Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and earned his degree in 2009. At the moment, he is a Ph.D. candidate at Luxembourg University with a focus on writing future energy scenarios by 2040 in Luxembourg. His main research interests are investigating the future energy system on a macro scale, energy transition planning and characterizing the theory of transition on the macro scale.