People
Group leader
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Professor Christos Markides
Deputy group leader
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Dr Jian Song
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Dr Jian Song Energy Division; power generation, renewable energy, thermo-economic optimisation
Energy Division leader
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Dr Paul Sapin
Transport Processes Division leader
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Dr Konstantin S Pervunin
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Dr Konstantin S Pervunin Transport Processes Division; turbulence, shear & mixing, boundary layer separation, heat & mass transfer, multiphase systems, phase transitions, particulate flow, sprays, bubbly media, cavitation, optical & laser methods, flow control
Research fellows and associates (post-doctoral staff)
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Dr Alexandros Charogiannis
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Dr Andreas Olympios
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Dr Andreas Olympios Energy Division; energy systems, heat pump, CHP, control, optimisation -
Dr Andrew J Haslam
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Dr Antonio Marco Pantaleo
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Dr Antonio Marco Pantaleo Energy Division; biomass CHP, thermo-economic CHP optimisation -
Dr Benjamin Franchetti
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Dr Chandan Pandey
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Dr Gan Huang
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Dr Gan Huang Energy Division; solar energy, PV-T, spectral splitting, transpiration cooling -
Dr Ioannis Pesmazoglou
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Dr James Freeman
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Dr Jingyuan Xu
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Dr Kai Wang
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Dr Maria Herrando Zapater
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Dr Maria-Anna Chatzopoulou
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Dr Niccolò Le Brun
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Dr Oyeniyi A Oyewunmi
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Dr Oyeniyi A Oyewunmi Energy Division; ORC, CHP, CAMD, flow boiling, annular flow, renewable energy -
Dr Robert Edwards
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Dr Salvador Acha
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Dr Shunmin Zhu
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Dr Shunmin Zhu Energy Division; combined heat and power, power generation, solar energy utilisation -
Dr Shunsuke Yamada
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Dr Shunsuke Yamada Transport Processes Division; flow boiling, convective HT, PIV and IR measurement -
Dr Surya Narayan
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Dr Surya Narayan Transport Processes Division; droplets & bubbles, evaporating thin liquid films, boiling heat transfer, multiphase heat transfer, refractive index-based quantitative imaging techniques, optical diagnostics of heat & mass transfer processes -
Dr Yao Zhao
Research postgraduates (doctoral students)
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Abdullah Al Kindi
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Abdullah Al Kindi Energy Division; nuclear, thermal energy storage, solar, thermodynamics -
Abdullah Maghrabi
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Ahmad N Kheirabadi
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Ahmad N Kheirabadi Energy Division; thermal energy storage, thermodynamics, solar-thermal cooling, diffusion absorption refrigeration -
Asmaa Harraz
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Asmaa Harraz Energy Division; CAMD, process modelling, thermodynamic cycles, diffusion absorption refrigeration -
Benedict Winchester
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Fan Zhang
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Fan Zhang Energy Division; air dehumidification, absorption cooling, liquid desiccant cycle, thermodynamic optimisation -
Hannah Moran
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Joy Masilo
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Joy Masilo Energy Division; spectral splitting, hybrid PV-T, nanofluid, solar energy -
Matthias Mersch
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Matthias Mersch Energy Division; energy systems, modelling, optimisation, storage systems -
Michael Simpson
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Michael Simpson Energy Division; ORC, expander, piston, optimisation, energy storage -
Mohamed Maher
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Mohamed Maher Transport Processes Division; phase change, multiphase flows, heat transfer, laser diagnostics, freezing, boiling -
Muhammad Afiq Kamel
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Muhammad Afiq Kamel Transport Processes Division; freezing, multiphase reactive flows, optical diagnostics -
Ray Sacks
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Stuart Wright
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Tarik Alkharusi
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Tarik Alkharusi Energy Division; energy systems, solar-thermal, CHP, PV/T -
Yuang Zhang
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Yuang Zhang Energy Division; CO2 utilization, reactor design, heat transfer, optimisation -
Zengchao Chen
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Zengchao Chen Transport Processes Division; flow boiling, heat transfer, optical diagnostics, modified surfaces -
Zihao Li
Academic visitors
- Professor Michel De Paepe, Ghent University, Belgium
- Professor Josua Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr Marilize Everts, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Professor Drazen Fabris, Santa Clara University, USA
- Dr Hameed Alawadi, College of Technological Studies (CTS), Kuwait
Past members
Dr Ajay Gupta
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Dr Ajay Gupta
Chemically Reacting Flows Division, Now at: Jaguar Land Rover
Dr Alba Ramos Cabal
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Dr Alba Ramos Cabal
Heat and Power Division, Now at: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)
Dr Aly Taleb
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Dr Aly Taleb
Heat and Power Division, Now at: Scheer
Dr Andrew Russell
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Dr Andrew Russell
Transport Processes Division
Dr Chinedu K Unamba
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Dr Chinedu K Unamba
Energy Division
Dr Christoph Kirmse
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Dr Christoph Kirmse
Heat and Power Division, Now at: Picnic supermarkets
Dr Christoph M Mazur
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Dr Christoph M Mazur
Smart sustainable urban systems, energy and mobility, socio-technical systems, transitions
Dr Dauda Ibrahim
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Dr Dauda Ibrahim
Energy Division
Dr Franck Hilaire Essiagne
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Dr Franck Hilaire Essiagne
Dr Haider Ali
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Dr Haider Ali
Transport Processes Division
Dr Ilaria Guarracino
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Dr Ilaria Guarracino
Heat and Power Division, Now at: McKinsey & Company, Zurich
Dr Ivan Zadrazil
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Dr Ivan Zadrazil
Multiphase/Interfacial Flow Division, Now at: Dantec Dynamics
Dr Jae Sik An
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Dr Jae Sik An
Transport Processes Division
Dr Kun Zhang
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Dr Kun Zhang
Dalian Ocean University, China
Dr Martin White
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Dr Martin White
Heat and Power Division, Now at: City, University of London, UK
Dr Ming Zhai
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Dr Ming Zhai
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dr Rhys Morgan
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Dr Rhys Morgan
Now at: TechnipFMC
Dr Richard Mathie
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Dr Richard Mathie
Thermal Division & Heat and Power Division, Now at: Amey plc Senior Strategic Consultant
Dr Roberto Ibarra
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Dr Roberto Ibarra
Multiphase / Interfacial Flow Division, Now at: Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway
Dr Romain SC Lambert
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Dr Romain SC Lambert
Energy Division
Dr Roochi Solanki
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Dr Roochi Solanki
Now at: Carbon Credentials, UK
Dr Sara Riera Curt
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Dr Sara Riera Curt
Energy Division
Dr Solomos Georgiou
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Dr Solomos Georgiou
Energy Division
Dr Steven Lecompte
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Dr Steven Lecompte
Ghent University, Belgium
Dr Tao Wen
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Dr Tao Wen
Transport Processes Division
Dr Victor Voulgaropoulos
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Dr Victor Voulgaropoulos
Transport Processes Division
Dr Yujie Zhao
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Dr Yujie Zhao
Now at: BP, UK
Erdem Ciftci
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Erdem Ciftci
Transport Processes Division
Mohammed Fazel
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Mohammed Fazel
Multiphase/Interfacial Flow Division
Xiaoya Li
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Xiaoya Li
Energy Division
Yiaxong Wang
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Yiaxong Wang
Energy Division
Yongliang Zhao
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Yongliang Zhao
Energy Division