Committee and Speakers
Keynotes
Our keynote speakers will present on the Digitalisation of Storage.
Professor Simone Abram
- Professor of Anthropology and DEI Co-Director in the Durham Energy Institute
- Department of Anthropology, Durham University
- Email: simone.abram@durham.ac.uk
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board member
Professor Janusz Bialek
- Professor of Power and Energy Systems
- Newcastle University
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board member
Merlinda Andoni
- Research Associate
- Heriot-Watt University
- Keynote Speaker
Jim Cardwell
- Head of Policy Development
- Northern Powergrid
- Keynote Speaker
Professor Steve Caughey
- Director of the National Innovation Centre for Data
- Newcastle University
- Twitter: @NICDATA
- Keynote Speaker
Dr Dénes Csala
- Lecturer in Energy Storage System Dynamics
- Energy Lancaster
- Keynote Speaker
Carl Ennis
- Managing Director of Products and Systems
- Siemens Smart Infrastructure
- Keynote Speaker
Dr Elizabeth Gibson
- Reader in Energy Materials
- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
- Email: elizabeth.gibson@ncl.ac.uk
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board Member
Nick Herbert
- Policy Advisor for Electricity Storage BEIS
Professor Furong Li
- Director of Centre for Sustainable Power Distribution
- Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Bath
- Email: F.Li@bath.ac.uk
- Twitter: @BathElecEng
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board member
Dr Simon Lambert
- Lecturer
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: simon.lambert@ncl.ac.uk
- Keynote Speaker
Professor John Moriarty
- Professor of Mathematics (QMU) and Strategic Lead for Energy (Turing Institute)
- Queen Mary University of London and the Alan Turing Institute
- Keynote Speaker
Dr Myriam Neaimeh
- Senior Researcher in Vehicle Grid Integration
- Newcastle University
- Keynote Speaker
Professor Michael Pollitt
- Professor of Business Economics
- Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
- Keynote Speaker
Professor Ulrich Stimming
- Professor of Physical Chemistry
- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University
- Email: ulrich.stimming@ncl.ac.uk
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board member
Professor Yulong Ding
- Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
- Email: y.ding@bham.ac.uk
- Twitter: @BCES_UoB
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board member
Dr Nuria Tapia-Ruiz
- Lecturer in Chemistry
- Lancaster University
- Keynote Speaker
Dr Sara Walker
- Senior Lecturer
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: sara.walker@ncl.ac.uk
- Keynote Speaker and Science Board member
Karl Ward
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership Manager
- Newcastle University
- Keynote Speaker
Science Board
The science board are a team of academic and industry experts, their role involves participation in setting the content for the conference, with responsibilities including inviting of keynote speakers, selection of papers for oral and poster presentations and session chairing.
Dr Haris Patsios
- Lecturer in Power Systems
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: haris.patsios@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 7326
- Chair for UKES 2019
Professor Phil Taylor
- Head of School
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: phil.taylor@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 4800
- Twitter: @rolyatlihp
- Academic organiser for UKES 2019
Professor Phil Blythe
- Chief Scientific Adviser
- Department for Transport
- Email: phil.blythe@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 7935
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Professor Andrew Cruden
- Professor of Energy Technology, Head of Energy Technology Group
- Department of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
- Email: A.J.Cruden@soton.ac.uk
- Telephone: (023) 8059 7660
- Twitter: @unisouthampton
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Chris Dent
- Chancellor's Fellow
- School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
- Email: Chris.Dent@ed.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0131 650 5064
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Siân Dutton
- Reader in Physics and Solid State Chemistry
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- Email: sed33@cam.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)1223 764159
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Nuria Garcia-Araez
- Lecturer in Electrochemistry
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton
- Email: N.Garcia-Araez@soton.ac.uk
- Telephone: (023) 8059 3519
- Twitter: @UoSChemistry
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Professor Seamus Garvey
- Professor of Dynamics & Director of the Rolls-Royce UTC in Gas Turbine Transmission Systems
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham
- Email: seamus.garvey@nottingham.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0115 951 3776
- UKES 2019 Science Board Member
Dr Damian Giaouris
- Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: damian.giaouris@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2812
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Professor Jon Gluyas
- Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage
- Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University
- Email: j.g.gluyas@durham.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 42302
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr David Greenwood
- Senior Research Associate, Electrical Power Research Group
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: david.greenwood@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 204 3102
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Professor Harry Hoster
- Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of Energy Lancaster
- Lancaster University
- Email: h.hoster@lancaster.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)7842 831633
- Twitter: @lancasteruni
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr David Howey
- Tutorial Fellow in Engineering, St Hilda's College, and Associate Professor in Engineering Science
- Department of Engineering, University of Oxford
- Email: david.howey@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Andrew Jenkins
- InTEGReL Business Development Manager
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: a.m.jenkins@newcastle.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2088404
- Twitter: @JenksAndrew
- UKES2019 Science Board member
Anne-Claire Leydier
- Distribution System Operation Transition Manager
- Northern Powergrid
- Email: Anne-Claire.Leydier@northernpowergrid.com
- Twitter: @powergridnews
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Mohamed Mamlouk
- Lecturer in Electrochemical Engineering
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: mohamed.mamlouk@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7342
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Professor Christos Markides
- Professor of Clean Energy Technology
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Email: c.markides@imperial.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 1601
- Twitter: @MarkidesC
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Zoya Pourmirza
- Research Associate
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: zoya.pourmirza@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8404
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Jonathan Radcliffe
- Reader in Energy Systems and Policy and Fellow of the Institute for Global Innovation
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
- Email: j.radcliffe@bham.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 3685
- Twitter: @UKenergyinnov8
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Mohammad Rajaeifar
- Research Associate
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: mohammad.rajaeifar@ncl.ac.uk
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Professor Dan Rogers
- Associate Professor of Engineering Science
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
- Email: dan.rogers@eng.ox.ac.uk
- Telephone: 01865 273109
- Twitter: @oxengsci
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Natasha Shirshova
- Assistant Professor in Engineering Materials
- Department of Engineering, Durham University
- Email: natasha.shirshova@durham.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 42398
- Twitter: @durham_uni
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Rebecca Todd
- Senior Lecturer in the Power Conversion Group
- School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester
- Email: rebecca.todd@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44(0) 161 306 4689
- Twitter: @EEE_UniOfMan
- UKES 2019 Science Board member
Dr Neal Wade
- Senior Lecturer in Power Systems
- School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Email: neal.wade@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 3005
- UKES 2019 Science Board Member
Administrative Support from Newcastle University
Lindsey and Faye are the admin supporting the conference and UKES 2019 team; if you have any queries please email lindsey.allen@ncl.ac.uk and faye.harland@ncl.ac.uk
Lindsey Allen
- Research Project Coordinator
- Email: lindsey.allen@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4900
Faye Harland
- Project Coordinator
- Email: faye.harland@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 3016