People

With over 120 academics and more than 250 PhD students, we have a wide spectrum of expertise. Our core Energy 2050 team help coordinate our energy research and innovation activities.

Core team members

Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian OBE

Head of the Energy Innovation Centre
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: future clean and sustainable energy technology | multi-scale energy processes | zero carbon fuels | computational and CFD modelling

Email address: m.pourkashanian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 21 57222

Professor Lin Ma

Professor of Fluid Dynamics
School 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

Email address: lin.ma@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7212

Dr Kevin Hughes

Senior Lecturer
School 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

Email address: K.J.Hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 21 57214

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Derek B Ingham

Professor of Applied Mathematics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: d.ingham@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7215

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Rhianne Spurden

Marketing & Communications Officer, TERC/ Energy URI
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: r.spurden@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7217

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Lisa Shepley

PA to the Head of the Energy Innovation Centre & Administration Officer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: L.Shepley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7224

Academics

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Dr Muhammad Akram

Research Fellow
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: m.akram@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3655

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Emeritus Professor Ray Allen

Emeritus Professor
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: r.w.k.allen@sheffield.ac.uk

Katy Armstrong

CO2Chem Network Manager
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: katy.armstrong@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7508

Professor Kais Atallah

Professor in Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email address: k.atallah@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5812

Dr Rebecca Boston

Senior Lecturer in Functional Ceramics
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Synthesis and sintering of ceramic materials; Functional ceramics; Batteries, thermoelectrics, superconductors, fusion

Email address: r.boston@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5484

Professor Solomon Brown

Professor of Process and Energy Systems
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: s.f.brown@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7597

Finite element modelling | Magnetic materials | Functional oxides

Email address: j.dean@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5473

Dr Alan Dunbar

Senior Lecturer in Energy
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: a.dunbar@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7551

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Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce

Professor of Lubrication Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: industrial wear and lubrication problems | engineering components | contact area & pressure distribution | modelling

Email address: r.dwyer-joyce@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7736

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Professor Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen

Professor
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Solar, space and plasma physics, MHD waves, linear and non-linear waves

Email address: r.von.fay-siebenburgen@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3832

Dr Karen Finney

Research Fellow
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: k.n.finney@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 270 3085

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Professor Peter Fleming

Emeritus Professor
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email address: p.fleming@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Martin Foster

Professor of Energy Storage & Conversion
School 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.

Email address: m.p.foster@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5392

Professor Fergus G F Gibb

Emeritus Professor of Petrology & Geochemistry
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: f.gibb@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3630

Professor Jon Gibbins

Professor of Power Plant Engineering and Carbon Capture
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: carbon capture & storage | coal & biomass gasification & combustion | power plant engineering

Email address: j.gibbins@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7234

Professor Dan Gladwin

Professor of Electrical and Control Systems Engineering
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email address: d.gladwin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5849

Dr Maurizio Guadagnini

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: m.guadagnini@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5757

Professor Iman Hajirasouliha

Professor of Structural Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: i.hajirasouliha@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5710

Professor Shuisheng He

Professor of Thermofluids
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: fluid mechanics & heat transfer | nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics | fundamental study in turbulence, transition and drag reduction

Email address: s.he@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2227756

Professor Neil Hyatt

Professor of Nuclear Materials Chemistry
External partner

Email address: n.c.hyatt@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5470

Professor Beverley J Inkson

Professor of Nanostructured Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: beverley.inkson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5925

Dr Ahmed Iraqi

Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Electroactive polymers, synthesis of novel polymers and functional materials, electroluminescence, solar cells, charge transporting materials, redox-active functionalised conjugated polymers.

Email address: a.iraqi@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Mohammed Ismail

Research Fellow
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: m.s.ismail@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Hajime Kinoshita

Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry
School 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

Email address: h.kinoshita@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5930

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.

Email address: s.c.l.koh@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3395

Professor Jia Li

Visiting Professor, Carbon Capture and Storage
External partner

Email address: jia.li@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor David Lidzey

Professor of Physics
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Email address: d.g.lidzey@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Hui Long

Professor of Mechanics of Materials
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: wind energy | wind turbines | manufacturing technology | mechanics of materials

Email address: h.long@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7759

Dr Cyril Lynsdale

Lecturer
External partner

Email address: c.lynsdale@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5720

Professor Matthew Marshall

Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: industrial friction, wear, and contact mechanics | tribology in aero-engines | composite materials | manufacturing tribology | wind turbine rotor bearings

Telephone: +44 114 222 7737

Professor Martin Mayfield-Tulip

Head of School
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: martin.mayfield@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5054

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Dr Stavros Michailos

Research Associate
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: s.michailos@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Kris Milkowski

PACT Business Development Manager
External partner

Email address: k.milkowski@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Bill Nimmo

Professor of Energy Engineering and Sustainability
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: w.nimmo@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7213

Professor Anthony J. Ryan, OBE

Professor of Physical Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Polymer Nanotechnology (synthesis, processing, self-assembly, structure-property relations), Public engagement in science and technology.

Email address: a.ryan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9382

Professor Siddharth V Patwardhan

Professor of Sustainable Chemical and Materials Engineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: s.patwardhan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7593

Dr Sofie Pelsmakers

Lecturer
External partner

Email address: s.pelsmakers@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7905 696333

Simon A. Pope

Lecturer
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research interests: Active metamaterials, Elastic/acoustic/mechanical metamaterials and Space Systems.

Email address: s.a.pope@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5186

Professor W Mark Rainforth

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Resource efficiency | Metals processing | Tribology | Microstructure characterisation

Email address: m.rainforth@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5469

Dr Nik Reeves-McLaren

Senior Lecturer in Energy Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries | Materials discovery and characterisation

Email address: n.reeves@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6013

Dr J Anthony Rossiter

Reader
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email address: j.a.rossiter@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5685

Dr Spiridon Siouris

Research Fellow, Aviation Fuels and Lubricants
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Email address: s.siouris@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: 44 114 215 7245

Professor David Stone

Professor in Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research interests: Energy Modelling (PV, Wind, Storage & Use), Electric Vehicles, Power train and batteries, Power Electronics and Power Conversion.

Email address: d.a.stone@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5046

Professor Peter Styring

Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Carbon capture | Policy development | Catalysis | Commercialisation

Email address: p.styring@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7571

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Emeritus Professor Jim Swithenbank

Emeritus Professor of Energy Engineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: j.swithenbank@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7502

Professor Meihong Wang

Professor of Energy Systems
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Process Systems Engineering | Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) | Energy Storage

Email address: meihong.wang@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7160

Professor Jiabin Wang

Emeritus Professor
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email address: j.b.wang@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Matt Watson

Director of Research and Innovation
School of Geography and Planning

Email address: M.Watson@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7911

Professor Thomas Webb

Professor of Psychology
School of Psychology

Email address: T.Webb@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Julia A. Weinstein

Head of Light-Matter Interactions Research Cluster
School 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.