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

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

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

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

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

Control-power systems, Power electronics, Embedded systems, Energy storage and management

Email address: d.gladwin@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Maurizio

Guadagnini

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: advanced composites | concrete structures | Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) | construction sustainability | carbon fibre

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

Professor

Iman

Hajirasouliha

Chair in 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

Battery engineering | Nanocomposite manufacture | Micromechanics & Tribology | X-ray/Ion/Electron Microscopy | Digital Image Analysis

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

Visiting Academic
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

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

Dr

Hajime

Kinoshita

Visiting academic
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

Nanomaterials | Sustainable manufacturing | Energy storage | Commercialisation

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

Dr

Simon A.

Pope

Lecturer
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Active metamaterials, Elastic/acoustic/mechanical metamaterials and Space Systems.

Email address: s.a.pope@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

W Mark

Rainforth

Emeritus Professor
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

Research interests: Educational resources, model predictive control

Email address: j.a.rossiter@sheffield.ac.uk

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

Emeritus Professor in Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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

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

My work is concerned with understanding social change in relation to sustainability, through a focus on everyday life and the socio-technical systems that shape it.

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

Professor of Physical Chemistry
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.