Daniel Gerber

Daniel Gerber

Electronic Research Scientist/Engineer
(978) 505-2305
eta.lbl.gov/people/Daniel-Gerber
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Bio

Daniel is a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs.  He received his BS and PhD in electrical engineering from MIT (2010) and UC Berkeley (2017), respectively.  Daniel’s PhD dissertation topic was on developing a fully on-chip LED driver with novel techniques such as multilevel converters, sigma-delta control, and active ripple cancellation.  His postdoctoral work is focused on DC power distribution, and he was the technical lead on much of LBNL’s studies in the efficiency and economics of DC power.  Daniel also developed several DC power analysis tools and built up the LBNL DC testing lab.  His other interests span power electronics, power systems, microgrids, controls, and networked buildings.

Publications

2022

Adoption Pathways for DC Power Distribution in Buildings

Authors: Vossos, Vagelis; Daniel L. Gerber; Melanie Gaillet-Tournier; Bruce Nordman; Richard E. Brown; Willy Bernal Heredia; Omkar Ghatpande; Avijit Saha; Gabe Arnold, and Stephen M. Frank.
01/2022

2021

A Comprehensive Loss Model and Comparison of AC and DC Boost Converters

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Fariborz Musavi; Omkar Ghatpande; Stephen M. Frank; Jason Poon; Richard E. Brown, and Wei Feng.
06/2021

2020

Direct-DC Power in Buildings: Identifying the Best Applications Today for Tomorrow’s Building Sector

Authors: Vossos, Vagelis; Melanie Gaillet-Tournier; Daniel L. Gerber; Bruce Nordman; Richard E. Brown; Willy Bernal; Omkar Ghatpande; Avijit Saha; Michael Deru, and Stephen Frank.
08/2020

2019

Comparison of Load Models for Estimating Electrical Efficiency in DC Microgrids

Authors: Santos, Arthur F.B.; James Cale; Anushree Singh; Daniel L. Gerber; Stephen Frank; Gerald P. Duggan; Daniel Zimmerle, and Richard E. Brown.
11/2020

Energy-saving opportunities of direct-DC loads in buildings

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Richard Liou, and Richard E. Brown.
08/2019

Emerging Zero-Standby Solutions for Miscellaneous Electric Loads and the Internet of Things

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Alan K. Meier; Richard Liou, and Robert Hosbach.
05/2019

Direct Current as an Integrating and Enabling Platform for Zero-Net Energy Buildings

Authors: Vossos, Vagelis; Karl Johnson; Margarita Kloss; Ruby Heard; Daniel L. Gerber; Bruce Nordman; Eric Mannarino; Mukesh Khuttar, and Richard E. Brown.
04/2019

Efficient and Zero Net Energy-Ready Plug Loads

Authors: Meier, Alan K.; Richard E. Brown; Daniel L. Gerber; Aditya Khandekar; Margarita Kloss; Hidemitsu Koyanagi; Richard Liou; Leo I. Rainer, and Seth Sanders.

2018

Zero Standby Solutions with Optical Energy Harvesting from a Laser Pointer

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Alan K. Meier; Robert Hosbach, and Richard Liou.
11/2018

Techno-economic analysis of DC power distribution in commercial buildings

Authors: Vossos, Vagelis; Daniel L. Gerber; Youness Bennani Smires; Richard E. Brown, and Chris Marnay.
11/2018

Energy and Cost Benefits of DC Power in ZNE Buildings

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Vagelis Vossos; Richard E. Brown; Wei Feng, and Chris Marnay.
08/2019

A simulation-based efficiency comparison of AC and DC power distribution networks in commercial buildings

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Vagelis Vossos; Wei Feng; Chris Marnay; Bruce Nordman, and Richard E. Brown.
01/2018

Emerging Solutions to the Standby Power Problem

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Alan K. Meier; Robert Hosbach, and Richard Liou.

2017

A simulation-based efficiency comparison of AC and DC power distribution networks in commercial buildings

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L.; Vagelis Vossos; Wei Feng; Aditya Khandekar; Chris Marnay, and Bruce Nordman.
06/2017

Review of DC Power Distribution in Buildings: A Technology and Market Assessment

Authors: Vossos, Vagelis; Karl Johnson; Margarita Kloss; Mukesh Khattar; Daniel L. Gerber, and Richard E. Brown.
05/2017