Gilles Van Kriekinge obtained his Master's Degree in Electromechanical Engineering at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 2019, with a specialization in Energy. His master's thesis is about a techno-economic assessment of the integration of solar energy, storage system, and vehicle-to-grid technology in a microgrid. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and is working on the project “Optimized bi-directional & smart vehicle charging in local energy systems (OPTIBIDS)".