Andreas Sumper is a full professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering. He has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Graz University of Technology and a doctoral degree from the UPC. He teaches at the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB) and currently teaches Electrical Engineering courses.

His professional career is significant due to his intense engagement with international projects, especially European projects, and active participation in research networks. He is the coordinator of European projects such as MSCA IDEAL4GREEN (2025-2028), in the framework of the Horizon Europe programme. He has actively participated in other European initiatives in the FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe programmes, as well as work groups on the European platform H2020 BRIDGE. From 2009 to 2014, the UPC appointed him to carry out part of his activity at the Catalonia Energy Research Institute, where he contributed to creating and consolidating the Electrical Power Systems Group and led European technology transfer initiatives.
He coordinates the international master’s degree in Energy for Smart Cities of the InnoEnergy KIC, an initiative promoted by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. Since 2017 he has been the director of the Endesa Red-UPC Chair in Energy Innovation, and in 2022 he was selected to participate in the ICREA Academia programme. He also actively participated as a member of the Teaching and Research Staff Recruitment and Assessment Committee (2019-2024).