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The Energy Institute at the University of Sheffield is home to more than 300 of the best minds in energy research from around the world, dedicated to using transformational research, innovation and collaboration to address the world’s biggest energy challenges. If you aren’t sure who to contact then get in touch using our general contact details:
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Management team
Professor Lenny Koh
Cross Cutting Chief, Strategic Futures on Resource Sustainability (SCRS)Management School
Professor Lenny Koh, is a Chair Professor in Operations Management, Founders and Directors of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre at the Management School.
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s.c.l.koh@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Ben Hughes
Professor of Energy EngineeringSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: fundamental & applied focussed low carbon heating and cooling in the built environment | decarbonised heating & cooling | thermal energy storage
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ben.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
Members
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m.akram@sheffield.ac.uk
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e.alborzi@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Hadi Arbabi
Lecturer in the Built EnvironmentSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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h.arbabi@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Kais Atallah
Professor in Electrical EngineeringSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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k.atallah@sheffield.ac.uk
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e.e.ballantyne@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Solomon Brown
Professor of Process and Energy SystemsSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
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s.f.brown@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Jonathan Davidson
Senior LecturerSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interests: Power electronic converters and drives, Piezoelectric transformer-based power supplies, Electrical sensing of water systems, Thermal modelling and temperature estimation.
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jonathan.davidson@sheff.ac.uk
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Professor Danielle Densley Tingley
Professor in Architectural EngineeringSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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d.densleytingley@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Patrick Fairclough
Professor of Polymer and Composite EngineeringSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: polymers, soft materials & composite systems | epoxy resins | mould-free manufacturing of carbon fibre composites
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p.fairclough@sheffield.ac.uk
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k.n.finney@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Martin Foster
Professor of Energy Storage & ConversionSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interests: Resonant power supplies, Piezoelectric transformers (PTs), Power electronics packaging and thermal management, Multilevel power convertersand Battery management technologies.
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m.p.foster@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor David Fletcher
Professor of Railway EngineeringSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: railway rail-wheel interface | overhead line electrification | rail system design for safety and security | network modelling and optimisation
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d.i.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Andrea Genovese
Head of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Subject GroupManagement School
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a.genovese@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Jon Gibbins
Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon CaptureSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: carbon capture & storage | coal & biomass gasification & combustion | power plant engineering
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j.gibbins@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Dan Gladwin
Professor of Electrical and Control Systems EngineeringSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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d.gladwin@sheffield.ac.uk
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a.hathway@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Matthew Hobbs
Lecturer in Semiconductor Materials and DevicesSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interests: Non-contact temperature measurements - infrared radiation thermometry (IRT), Hyperspectral Imaging, Luminescence Sensing and Instrumentation and Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP).
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m.hobbs@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Shuisheng He
Professor of ThermofluidsSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: fluid mechanics & heat transfer | nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics | fundamental study in turbulence, transition and drag reduction
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s.he@sheffield.ac.uk
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m.hosseinzadeh@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Kevin Hughes
Senior LecturerSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: combustion, fuel degradation & deposit formation | pollutant chemistry, proton exchange membrane fuel cells | process modelling in carbon capture & storage systems
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K.J.Hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Peter Jackson
Professor of GeographySchool of Geography and Planning
Professor Peter Jackson is the Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food. His research focuses on social and cultural geography and consumption and identity.
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P.A.Jackson@Sheffield.ac.uk
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M.Keskin@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Hajime Kinoshita
Senior Lecturer in Materials ChemistrySchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Development and application of industrial by-products and natural minerals for waste management, from nuclear industry to exhaust flue gas for CO2 capture
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h.kinoshita@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Zi-Qiang Lang
Professor of Complex Systems Analysis and DesignSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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z.lang@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Guang-Jin Li
Professor in Electrical MachinesSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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g.li@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Mathieu Lucquiaud
ProfessorSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: climate change technologies | carbon capture technologies | zero carbon electricity and hydrogen | decarbonisation of heavy industries
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m.lucquiaud@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Lin Ma
Professor of Fluid DynamicsSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: clean & sustainable energy | industrial decarbonisation | energy efficiency technology | carbon capture from power generation & industrial processes | wind turbine aerodynamics
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lin.ma@sheffield.ac.uk
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n.martin@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Natalia Martsinovich
Level 1 CoordinatorSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Theoretical & Computational chemistry, surfaces and interfaces, adsorption and self-assembly, electron transfer, materials for photocatalysis and solar cells, soil minerals.
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n.martsinovich@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Martin Mayfield-Tulip
Head of SchoolSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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martin.mayfield@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Anthony J. H. M. Meijer
Professor of Theoretical ChemistrySchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Quantum Dynamics; Reactive Scattering; Chemical Reaction Dynamics; High-Performance Computing.
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a.meijer@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Alisyn Nedoma
LecturerSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Polymers | Batteries | Drug-delivery | Biologicals
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a.nedoma@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Bill Nimmo
Professor of Energy Engineering and SustainabilitySchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: biomass combustion | biomass gasification | anaerobic digestion | waste to energy | corrosion studies | coal combustion/gasification
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w.nimmo@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Jonna Nyman
Senior Lecturer in International RelationsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
International Relations
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j.nyman@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Christophe Pinna
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical EngineeringSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research interests: mechanics of materials | fatigue | fracture | manufacturing process modelling | experimental and computational mechanics
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c.pinna@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Richard Parker
Student Voice Lead for Physics and AstronomySchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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r.parker@sheffield.ac.uk
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j.provis@sheffield.ac.uk
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a.ramadan@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Edward Rhodes
Professor of Physical GeographySchool of Geography and Planning
Professor Ed Rhodes is interested in active tectonics, including fault slip rate studies and palaeoseismology – dating ancient earthquake events.
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Ed.Rhodes@Sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Darren Robinson
Chair in Architectural and Urban SciencesSchool of Architecture and Landscape
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d.robinson1@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Charles Rougé
Senior Lecturer in Water ResilienceSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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c.rouge@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Anthony J. Ryan, OBE
Professor of Physical ChemistrySchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Polymer Nanotechnology (synthesis, processing, self-assembly, structure-property relations), Public engagement in science and technology.
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a.ryan@sheffield.ac.uk
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Lisa Shepley
PA to the Head of the Energy Innovation Centre & Administration OfficerSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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L.Shepley@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Francisco Saldanha da Gama
Head of the Operations Management and Decision Sciences Research CentreManagement School
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Francisco.Saldanha-da-Gama@sheffield.ac.uk
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jay.shaw@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Spiridon Siouris
Research Fellow, Aviation Fuels and LubricantsSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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s.siouris@sheffield.ac.uk
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e.stathopoulou@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Nick Taylor Buck
Research FellowFaculty of Social Sciences
Nick specialised in sustainable design and assessment.
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n.taylor-buck@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Steve Thornton
Professor in Environmental Engineering ScienceSchool of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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s.f.thornton@sheffield.ac.uk
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d.poggio@sheffield.ac.uk
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j.provis@sheffield.ac.uk
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s.vernuccio@sheffield.ac.uk
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M.Watson@Sheffield.ac.uk
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w.hualiang@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Karl P Travis
Reader in Computational Physics and Nuclear Waste DisposalSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Deep Borehole Disposal of Nuclear Waste | Non-equilibrium Simulation | Liquid state chemical physics | Development of computational methodology
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k.travis@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Julia A. Weinstein
Head of Light-Matter Interactions Research ClusterSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Photochemistry, photophysics, time-resolved spectroscopy, luminescence, light-induced electron transfer in chemical and biological systems, solar energy conversion, ultrafast excited state dynamics.
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julia.weinstein@sheffield.ac.uk
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y.wu@sheffield.ac.uk
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z.q.zhu@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Will Zimmerman
Professor of Biochemical Dynamical SystemsSchool of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Microbubble mediated intensification of chemical and bioprocessing | Fluid dynamics | Transport phenomena and multiphase flow
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w.zimmerman@sheffield.ac.uk
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