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The Energy and Environment Institute gathers together world leading scientists, across this multidisciplinary space, to conduct impactful research on the global challenges presented by environmental change and securing a low-carbon energy supply.
EEI Interim Director
Briony’s research focuses on creative community engagement for climate and water action. She is PI of the AHRC Risky Cities project and Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Water Cultures.
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow
Josh is a fluvial geomorphologist interested in large river morphodynamics, floodplain evolution, and channel behaviour on this planet and beyond.
Institute Administrator
Joanna provides administrative support to Energy and Environment Institute team assisting in supporting the Institute’s activities and operations.
Anne studies sediment transport processes and its effect on large-scale river and estuary morphology in numerical models
Research Fellow
Ed has an ESRC WRDTP Fellowship assessing the effectiveness of community arts and heritage initiatives in Hull to build urban liveability in precarious places.
Creative Producer - Risky Cities
Developing co-created, artistically ambitious projects combining science, arts and heritage to raise climate awareness and build flood resilience in our communities.
Professor of Physical Geography
Tom’s research interests relate to modelling of flooding and fluvial geomorphology. He chaired the 2007 independent review into the Hull floods and was lead author on its influential report.
Strategic Projects Lead
Giles focuses on strategic EEI projects, including bringing Ark-National Flood Resilience Centre to fruition.
EEI Administrator
helps to provide administrative support to the activities and operations of the Energy and Environment Institute
EvoFlood Postdoctoral Research Associate
Pauline is a researcher with the EvoFlood project, focusing on river-floodplain systems and their evolution in response to climate change.
PGR Centres Manager
Jo plays a key role in co-ordinating the Aura CDT in Offshore Wind Energy & the Environment, Leverhulme DSC for Water Cultures and the Panorama DTP.
Aura CDT Director & Professor of Fluid Mechanics
Rob’s research covers multiphase, turbulent and stratified flows and is applied to offshore wind, via the Aura partnership project.
Flood Risk Management Intern
Supporting flooding research and raising awareness of flood risk among University of Hull students through board games and discussion.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nicola is working on a NERC funded project in association with Southampton - Effects of Environmental Context on Species Trait Expression in Moderating Projections of Marine Ecosystems Future.
Lecturer in Flood Hazard and Risk
Steven’s research focuses on bridging the theory-practice gap in flood resilience with a particular emphasis on governance, civil society, and serious gaming.
Post Doctoral Research Assistant
Julie’s research centres on the role of benthic microalgae and bacteria on biological stabilisation as part of the Geostick project.
Laboratory Technician
Technology Transfer Assistant
Josh works on our SuDSlab UK project, particularly on off-campus community-based sensor projects
EEI Operations Coordinator
Gina helps to provide administrative support to the activities and operations of the Energy and Environment Institute
Lecturer in Renewable Energy and Carbon Removal
Ben works at the interface between renewable energy and carbon removal, assessing the energy needs of technological systems as well as their societal impacts on the global community.
Senior Research Fellow
Jing is working on heat pump technology and has experiences in solar collectors, solar PV, heat pipe and thermodynamic cycles.
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Charlie Lloyd's research is focused on quantifying mixing processes and sediment transport in stratified flows, using both experimental and numerical techniques.
Xiaoli is a Senior Research Fellow whose interests are in renewable/Sustainable energy technologies, energy efficiency technologies and energy in the built environment
EEI Deputy Director
Stuart's research focuses on physical modelling of flow processes and sediment transport dynamics. He heads up the Aura CDT's PGDip Offshore Wind & the Environment.
Freija researches the transport mechanisms of microplastics in major rivers and their surrounding coastlines
COP26 Research Fellow
Agota is a civil engineer with a passion for wind energy, researching wave loading on offshore wind turbines and their dynamic structural responses.
Amy helps to provide administrative support to the activities and operations of the Energy and Environment Institute
SuDSlab UK Intern
Adebola is a data analyst working on the SuDSlab UK, helping understanding of how SuDS can be more efficient at slowing and filtering surface water.
Knowledge Exchange Fellow in Floods and SuDS
Alexander works on our campus-based SuDSLabUK as well as the DIG Project on water quality impacts of new SuDS schemes
Beth provides support to the Energy and Environment Institute team assisting in supporting the Institute’s activities and operations
EEI Operations Officer
Andrea provides support to the Energy and Environment Institute team assisting in supporting the Institute’s activities and operations
Sam is working with the Flood Innovation Centre as Charity Support Coordinator, alongside his research interests in community flood resilience.
Energy and Environment Institute Education Outreach
Amy is responsible for Energy and Environment Institute marketing and communications, with a particular focus on stakeholder relations and education outreach.
Steve is developing our understanding of sedimentary processes through the application of novel acoustic measurements of flow and sediment transport.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Edward is working on development and mathematical analysis of equations which describe gravity currents.
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
Kate is a post-doctoral researcher on our Risky Cities project, with interests in the cultural anthropology of water, landscapes and flooding.
Rob's research centres around Geomorphology and Flood Risk with an interest in the development and use of novel technologies to study hydraulics, sediment transport, slope stability and the impacts of fauna and flora on those processes.
Greg’s interests are centred on understanding Earth surface processes and morphodynamics. He is currently looking at flood risk and resilience on the Mekong delta and how this may be altered in the future.
Lecturer in Renewable Energy
Andrew is a marine ecologist with specialist expertise in biofouling and hard substrate epifaunal assemblages in high-energy habitats targeted by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) sector.
Y-PERN Policy Fellow
Juan is the Y-PERN Policy Fellow for Hull & East Yorkshire, joining a Yorkshire network of impact-focused academic positions, forming a bridge between academia and the policy world.
Hannah is a historian on our Risky Cities project, examining records of Hull’s medieval and early modern past to learn more about the ways in which people interacted with their watery landscapes.
Xuxu focuses on small-scale bedform (ripple) developed with cohesive materials including both physical and biological cohesion to quantify interactions of near-bed hydrodynamics, sediment transport dynamics and turbulence over developing bed.
Cheng’s research covers solar heat storage and building energy efficiency.
Director – Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies
Xudong is a globally recognised energy researcher whose focus is around sustainable building services, renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
CSET Deputy Director & Administration Manager
Zishang is a Senior Research Fellow, interested in green-building and low-carbon city design/planning, sustainable building technology integration and Machine-Learning based building/city optimisation.
PhD Biological Sciences (Aura CDT)
Impacts of Seabed Vibration on Sediment Structure and Infaunal Organisms
PhD Energy Technology
A novel data centre cooling system using a micro-channel loop heat pipe system
PhD Physical Geography
Quantifying and modelling global large river fluxes of microplastic
PhD Dip in Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment (Aura CDT)
Innovative decommissioning for offshore foundation systems at Durham University
Aura CDT in Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment
Researching advanced data analysis and robust statistics for structural health monitoring of wind turbines at the University of Sheffield
PhD Computer Science (Aura CDT)
The future of global offshore natural capital with climate change
PhD History (Water Cultures)
Maritime quarantine and transatlantic slavery
Integration of wave and offshore wind energies at the University of Durham
PhD Biological Sciences
Microplastic in remote marine food webs
Catastrophic Flows: Scaling flood events and ecohydraulics in experimental models
PhD Physical Geography (Aura CDT)
Scour Protection and the Test Tank of Secrets
PhD Marine Sciences
Assessing the threat to Antarctic shallow marine ecosystems from hitchhikers on non-native kelp
Ultrasonic guided waves blade monitoring at the University of Sheffield
Water, Drought, Indentureship and Slavery in the nineteenth century British Empire
PhD Computer Science
Using Big Data, Internet of Things and AI to dynamically map flood risk
The Ecological fate of microplastics in Antarctic marine environments - a source to sink approach
The impacts of windfarm associated noise on commercially important invertebrates
PhD Physics (Aura CDT)
Low Power High Performance Neuromorphic Circuits for Remote Sensing and Monitoring in the Offshore Wind Sector
Understanding the emergent macro-scale impacts caused by the rapid expansion of Offshore Wind within The North Sea System at the University of Durham
Natural Flood Management: Optimising design to reduce geomorphic impact
PG Dip in Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment (Aura CDT)
Hybrid modelling of loads and structural response on a floating offshore wind turbine at Durham University
PhD Earth Sciences
Can you stop a PDC? Assessing the impact of natural and engineered barriers on deadly volcanic flows in the built environment
Linking functional and demographic traits to predict population viability of marginal coral populations
Knickpoint migration and longer-term submarine channel evolution in Bute Inlet, BC, Canada.
Assessing the viability of multi-use Macroalgae Aquaculture within Offshore Wind Farms at Newcastle University
PhD Human Geography (Centre for Water Cultures)
Living on the Edge - Creative Community Engagement in Sites Affected by Coastal Change
Mapping and modelling flows upstream of pumping stations to minimise fish and eel entrainment
Effective biodiversity monitoring of river rewilding projects using eDNA modelling
Cumulative and in-combination effects of offshore infrastructure on ecological resources
Advanced Carbon and Energy Management and Eco-design Platform for Urban Districts
Sand mining sustainability: Quantifying rates and locations of sand mining using high-resolution satellite data
PhD English (Water Cultures)
I am the sea: water, emotion, and geography in early modern literature and culture
Discourse and governance of UK flooding and coastal erosion
Enhanced mixing of stratified waters by offshore wind infrastructure with ORE Catapult at the University of Hull
Assessing echolocating cetacean (porpoise and dolphin) occurrence and behaviour in offshore development sites using a novel passive acoustic monitoring system at Newcastle University
Catastrophic Flows: Simulating Catastrophic floods on Mars
MSc Biological sciences
The movements of downstream migrating silver eels at fish-friendly pumping stations
PG Dip in Offshore Wind Energy & the Environment (Aura CDT)
Evaluating the Performance and Sustainability of Natural Fibre-Based Composites in Wind Turbine Components at the University of Hull
The solar assisted space heating and hot water supply technologies
PhD Education (Water Cultures)
Youth engagement and water governance: a case study of participatory research approaches in two European countries
PhD (Aura CDT)
Development of a novel active wind farm control method by using a smart wind-turbine equipped with morphing blade technology at the University of Durham
Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction from Seafloor Landscapes
PhD Biology (Panorama NERC DTP)
Testing new genomic tools for identifying the winners and losers of climate change
PG Dip Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment
Aura Centre for Doctoral Training
Performance analysis of a Counter Flow Dew Point Evaporative Cooler in Data Centres using Artificial Intelligence
Researching Advanced condition monitoring solutions for offshore wind generators at the University of Sheffield
PhD American Studies (Water Cultures)
‘Swirling Dust—River Rising’: A Comparative Analysis of Drought and Flooding in 1930s American Documentary Photography and Film
PhD Human Geography (Water Cultures)
Gendered Survival: Women and Water Crises in Southern Africa
MSc (by Research) Chemical Engineering
Production of Nano-celluloses and Nano-carbons from Spent Pea Biomass for Waste Water Treatment and it is Techno-economic analysis
Creative community engagement for climate and water action: a comparative study
Moving stories: narrating change along the shorelines of Spurn
Catastrophic Flows: The Influence of Vegetation on Coastal Dynamics
Researching Satellite detection and mapping of sandbank crests: supporting location of offshore wind developments and conservation areas at Newcastle University
The physiological effects of microplastic ingestion
Integrating offshore wind with Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage for a net zero Humber at the University of Hull
Ecological responses to environmental change: an experimental approach to the causes of extinction
PhD Mechanical Engineering
The dynamics of in-stream vegetation and its impacts on fluvial flows
Modelling and optimisation for a coordinated interconnected multi-terminal DC transmission infrastructure for integration of offshore wind energy at Durham University
Sand mining sustainability, Quantifying rates and locations of sand mining using high resolution satellite data
Holy Wells, Springs, and Water Cures (Imagining Water)
Creature and Community: Water Mythology in Poetry of the British Isles from Early Modern to Present Day
Assessing the potential for colocation of aquaculture with offshore wind energy farms using remote sensing at the University of Hull
PhD Psychology
PhD Engineering
A Novel Environment-Interactive-Wall for Zero Carbon Heating and Cooling for Buildings
Water as a Frontier: Environmental Colonialism and Native American Resistance in Early Modern Virginia
Design and optimisation of novel thermoelectric cooler geometry
Reconciling lethal control of an iconic native species (red deer Cervus elaphus) with nature conservation within a multiple-use landscape.
PhD Human Geography
Living with Water: Perceptions of floods and flood risk in Hull, Past, Present and Future
PhD Chemical Engineering (Aura CDT)
From textile waste to advanced carbon materials for wind turbine blade manufacturing
Worms On Film: How, Where and When did Metazoans begin Bioturbating Microbial Substrates?
Time dependent ultraviolet degradation of marine plastics.
A foraminiferal solution to the Contourite/Turbidite problem
Water Cultures in Conflict at Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Alaska
Turbulent-laminar transitions in flows laden with cohesive sediment
PhD Physical Geography (Water Cultures)
Living on the Edge: Surviving and thriving in the Holocene Humberhead Levels
Quantifying the evolutionary response to anthropogenic selection in migrating species
Researching grey-box models for life-time assessment of composite wind turbine components at the University of Sheffield
PhD Fisheries Studies
PhD Mechanical Engineering (Aura CDT)
Numerical modelling of wind turbine blade manufacture
The Cultural Production of Flood Injustices
PhD Biomedical Science
Climate change meets life’s crunch point - how do heatwaves affect the basic functions of life?
PhD Marine Sciences (Aura CDT)
Economic and Socio-cultural implications of offshore wind on fishing communities
The effects of government policy on industrial development and employment relations in North Sea offshore wind at the University of Sheffield
Blade Factory Digital Twin for Recording and Analysing Production Parameters at the University of Sheffield
Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental DNA for monitoring and management of priority invasive species
PhD Geology (Aura CDT)
Palaeo record of Tsunami risk to Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Advanced Computational design/planning tool for district-scale carbon and energy prediction, management and optimisation
PhD Social Justice (Water Cultures)
Investigating the links between climate-related water stresses, migration and human trafficking
Wind Turbine Blade Inspection using Machine Learning for Diagnosis of Structural Faults at the University of Hull
Data-driven Infrastructure Planning for Offshore Wind Farms
Quaternary Evolution of Mediterranean Lakes
PhD Microplastics Researcher
Vicky is researching the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic organisms, including plastics and climate change predictions.
Researching "Digital twins Era for Coordinating Energy Network inTegration (DECENT)" at Durham University
PhD Dip in Offshore Wind Energy and the Envrionment
Optimisation of thermoelectric generator and hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric system for power generation
PG Dip in Offshore Wind Energy and the Envrionment
PhD Earth Science
Catastrophic Flows: Quantifying the sedimentation of ignimbrites: understanding the behaviour of pyroclastic density currents through experimental modelling
PhD Biological Science
Nutrigenomics and the resilience of bees in a changing climate
Population-based offshore wind farm fleet health monitoring and performance prediction at the University of Sheffield
Evaluating the impact of motion travel on cognitive ability of offshore workers: a VR experience.
CSET
MSc Physical Geography
Art and tabletop games as effective interdisiplinary tools for communicating flood resilience
MSc by Research in Earth Science
A novel tri-functional cooling photovoltaic/thermal (RC-PV /T) system
Sticky Coasts: Characterising the role of biological cohesion in modulating erosion in coastal fringe environments
Impacts of Microplastic pollution on intertidal food webs
Digital twin output functions for monitoring wind turbines at the University of Sheffield
Digital Twin Logistics of Operations and Maintenance for Offshore Wind Farms at the University of Hull
Linking landscape processes and bioeconomies through translation of pollen archives
Turbulent-Laminar transitions in flows laden with cohesive sediment
The evolution of functional disparity in the avian skull
The PDC flow units problem: Deposit heterogeneity from varying cohesive behaviour and sediment flux
Investigation of the Novel Photons Up-conversion PV Cells Enabling the Enhanced Solar Efficiency beyond the SQ Limit
PhD Law and Environment
Children's environmental human rights and marine plastic pollution
The suspension and sedimentation of variable buoyancy microplastic particles
Wind Sourced Energy Storage
PhD Physics
Sticky Biomolecules – From Sediments to Astrobiology
Systemic Behavioural Change - COVID vs Carbon
Electricity Storage through Electrochemically Compressed Hydrogen at the University of Hull
Nematode genomics and metagenomics to address agricultural threat
The efficacy and long-term evolution of Natural Flood Risk Management interventions: a combined experimental and numerical modelling approach
English literature, water, health, and wellbeing in estuary communities, 1500-1700
Latitudinal Forcing on Deep Ocean Continental Shelf Seawater Mixing
A novel net zero household heat pump heating system
Next Generation High Temperature Superconducting Generators for Floating Wind Turbines at the University of Sheffield
A novel high efficiency solar PV/T heating and power system
A Novel Near-zero-carbon and All-climate-adaptive Air Conditioning System
Lynne's specialisms are in flood and coastal risk management, ecohydraulics and estuarine hydraulics and sedimentation
David's research focuses on local and regional green economic development, sustainable cities and sustainability transitions theory
Jane's expertise is mainly in diatom-based palaeoecological reconstruction of long-term climate change from analysis of lake sediment cores.
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