Gesine Reinert
Professor
Energy Networks: Mathematical modelling Statistical analysis of networks
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Moritz Riede
Professor of Soft Functional Nanomaterials
Solar: Organic solar cells and novel PV concepts.
Laura Rival
Professor of Anthropology of Development
Emerging Economies: Development and environmental policies in Latin America. Indigenous peoples, infrastructure development, urbanization and megaprojects in the Amazon basin.
Stephen Roberts
Professor of Machine Learning
Energy Networks: Smart grids, distributed control, appliance disaggregation, energy usage profiling and prediction, artificial intelligence.
Dan Rogers
Professor
Energy Networks: Power electronic systems for smart girds; high-voltage direct current transmission systems and converters.
Storage and Transport: Grid interfaces for large-scale energy storage systems, battery management systems
Ronald A Roy
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Areas: physical acoustics, power ultrasonics, cavitation, inertial fusion
Bioenergy: Microbiological energy conversion
Nuclear: ICF
Transport: Thermoacoustics, power ultrasonics
Alexander Schekochihin
Professor of Theoretical Physics, Head of Theoretical Astrophysics and Plasma Physics Group
Nuclear: fusion theory, plasma physics
Tim Schwanen
Professor in Transport Studies and Human Geography and Director of the Transport Studies Unit
Transport: Behaviour change, sociotechnical transition, and innovation in the field of transport.
Contact person Transport
Paul Shearing
Director, Zero Institute
Storage and Vectors: Specialisations – batteries and hydrogen
Henry Shue
Professor Henry Shue - Emeritus Fellow
Economics, Policy & Politics: Climate justice in exit from carbon energy regime to non-carbon regime
Andrew Smith
Professor of Plant Sciences
Bioenergy: Stress-tolerant crop plants, novel biomass sources, and energy conversion efficiency.
Contact person Bioenergy
George Smith
Emeritus Professor of Materials
Nuclear: Atomic-scale studies of materials degradation
Storage and Vectors: Hydrogen conversion
Jason Smith
Professor of Photonic Materials and Devices
Solar: Semiconductor nanocrystals, plasmonics
Henry Snaith
Professor of Physics
Solar: Photovoltaics, Optoelectronic devices, Spectroscopy, Nanomaterials
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Professor of the International Politics of Africa
Economics, Policy & Politics: Energy security, national oil companies, governance of energy markets, transparency
Emerging Economies: Extractive industries in Africa, Asian hydrocarbons investment in the developing world, politics of major energy importers.
Sugandha Srivastav
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Financing Renewable Energy: feed-in tariffs, power purchase agreements, auctions, and subsidies
Supply-side policy: coal phaseout auctions, restricting permits for fossil fuel development, legal reforms for land acquisition law for fossil fuels
Energy innovation: R&D tax credits, carbon pricing, policy interactions, patent analysis, spillovers
Harrison Steel
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
Bioenergy: Control bacteria for carbon sequestration and processing, Biofuel manufacturing
Fossil fuels: Carbon capture and processing, Bio-remediation, Biofuels, Evolution in changing environments
Ludmilla Steier
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Solar: solar energy conversion via photo(electro)catalysis and PV-driven electrocatalysis
Bioenergy: design of photo- and electrocatalysts for synthesis of solar fuels and chemicals from water, CO2 and waste products