OP Research Group

From chaos to clarity.

We unite proactive mathematicians, physicists, and data analysts to tackle scientific and engineering challenges with creativity and rigor.

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Our focus areas

BESS sizing
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) sizing
Electrical grid modeling
Electrical grid modeling
Dynamical system analysis
Dynamical systems
Topological data analysis and machine learning
Topological data analysis & Machine learning

Meet the Team

Oliver Probst

Oliver Probst, PhD

Physicist and experienced researcher in wind energy, grid integration, and energy transition. Founder of the OP Research Group.

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Carlos Colchero

Carlos Colchero

Engineering Physicist & Cofounder. Experienced in mathematical modeling, data extraction, optimization, visualization and data analysis using Python.

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Jorge Perez

Jorge E. Pérez-García

Engineering Physicist & Current Leader. Experienced in mathematical modeling, problem-solving and collaborative research.

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Alvaro Herrera

Álvaro Herrera

Engineering Physicist & Active member. Experienced in Neural Networks and Quantitative Finance.

Nicolas

Nicolás de Bruijn

Engineering Physicist & Active member. Experienced in BESS sizing and BESS-related experimental setups.

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Diego

Diego Jiménez

Engineering Physicist & Active member. Experienced in BESS sizing and mathematical modeling.

Diego

Rodrigo Leal

Data Scientist & Active member. Experienced in machine learning, data analysis and neural networks.

Julio

Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega, PhD

Engineering Physicist & Collaborator. Leader of the Photonics and Quantum Systems Research Group at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

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Medel

Héctor J. Medel-Cobaxin, PhD

Physicist & Collaborator. Distinguished professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

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Selected work

Damage detection in composite and plastic thin-wall beams by operational modal analysis: An experimental assessment

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A multichannel generalization of the HAVOK method for the analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems

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Spectral analysis of the Koopman operator recovers Hamiltonian parameters in open quantum systems

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Sizing of energy storage systems from first principles

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Current projects

Hidden Markov Data-Driven Ulam for Perron Frobenius Operator estimation

Feb 2026 - Carlos Colchero & Sergio Maldonado

Probabilistic sizing of BESS from non-stationary power time series

Winter 2025/26 - Carlos Colchero & Jorge Pérez

Koopman analysis of the Wigner function

Winter 2025/26 - Jorge E. Pérez-García & Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega