Academic staff:

Prof Aristides Kiprakis (UoE Engineering Lead), Edinburgh Lead, holds the Chair of Agile Energy Systems at the School of Engineering and is a Visiting Professor at LCC, with a long track record in power system modelling, smart grids and energy demand management.

Dr Kai Wang (LCC Lead) is Associate Professor at LCC with expertise in the urban climate modelling, particularly the passive climatic design for low carbon urban and built environment.

Dr Desen Kirli (UoE Engineering), is a Lecturer in Energy Systems and holds the Elizabeth Georgeson Research Fellowship and is an expert in user-centric and network-aware smart local energy systems coupled with flexibility modelling.

Researchers:

Miss Androniki Papathanasi (UoE PhD student) works on the socio-economic aspects of decarbonisation of domestic energy demand in the UK and China, particularly focusing on the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable citizens within the context of the transition to net-zero energy supply.

Miss Yuxi Zhang (SJTU PhD student)currently focuses on the response of urban morphology to the extreme heat events. She will mainly focus on investigating the impact of climate-coupled demand-side response on carbon mitigation strategies.

Mr Weizhe Qin (UoE PhD student) works on the modeling of demand-side response of building energy in the UK and China, particularly focusing on how to increase the resilience of building energy system by using the optimal control strategies within the context of the extreme weather events.

Miss Ziyi Cao (SJTU MSc student) is pursuing a Master’s degree in Energy and Power Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She contributes to relevant mathematical modeling, power system planning, and short-term load forecasting.