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OUR RESEARCHERS
Meet the researchers from our universities who are working on cutting edge research focussed on reaching Net Zero and beyond.
If you are an academic at one of our member universities working on one of our core themes, and would like to be added to this directory, please get in touch.
Scotland’s universities have come together, working with our local partners and with the Scottish Government to address key challenges associated with the climate emergency, including clean energy, storage, decarbonisation, green transport, community empowerment and climate justice.
Lecturer, School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences
Qaisar.abbas@uws.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Electrical Power Engineering
ahmed.aboushady@gcu.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
H.Ahn@ed.ac.uk
SBNZ Academic Theme lead - Finance and Lecturer in Climate Finance and Investment
kansaram@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Global Food Security
peter.alexander@ed.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
roxane.andersen@uhi.ac.uk
Local lead for the University of the highlands and Islands, and UHI Net Zero Hub Coordinator
christine.anderson@uhi.ac.uk
Professor and Chair of Operational Research
miguel.f.anjos@ed.ac.uk
Lecturer in Computational Reactive Flows
antonio.attili@ed.ac.uk
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
saskarinejad001@dundee.ac.uk
Professor of Food and Environmental Security
liz.baggs@ed.ac.uk
Lecturer in Energy and Sustainability
obamisile001@dundee.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for Edinburgh Napier University, and Head of Research Environment and Services
G.Barkess@napier.ac.uk
Professor in Environmental Sustainability & Democracy
patrick.bayer@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development
Karen.Bell.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Just Transition Lab
kabender@abdn.ac.uk
Professor of Metabolic Nutrition and Director of the Centre for Obesity Research and Education
g.bermano@rgu.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies
ross.beveridge@glasgow.ac.uk
Chancellor’s Fellow in Environmental Humanities
hannah.boast@ed.ac.uk
Reader in Science Technology and Innovation Studies
Ronan.bolton@ed.ac.uk
Reader in Construction Informatics
f.bosche@ed.ac.uk
Vice Principal Research and Enterprise
christina.boswell@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
m.j.z.brown@dundee.ac.uk
Chancellor's Fellow in Net-Zero Buildings
j.broswilliamson@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Infrastructure and Environment
roisin.buckley@glasgow.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Director for Environment and Biodiversity
d.burslem@abdn.ac.uk
Professor of International Energy Law and Policy
p.d.cameron@dundee.ac.uk
Lecturer in Fire Science
Z.Campbell.Lochrie@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Technology and Environment
k.carter@ed.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for the University of the West of Scotland and Head of the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences
michele.cano@uws.ac.uk
Reader in Materials for Green Energy Technologies
JunYoung.Cheong@glasgow.ac.uk
Associate Professor at Gray’s School of Art and RGU Interdisciplinary Research Theme Lead for Energy, Environment and Sustainability; SBNZ local lead for RGU
j.clarke5@rgu.ac.uk
Visiting Lecturer in Climate Finance & Investment
icochran@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Human Nutrition
Emilie.CombetAspray@glasgow.ac.uk
Professor in Strategy and Technology Management
john.crawford@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Hydrogen Energy Systems
prodip.das@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer Biological and Environmental Sciences
j.a.dickie@stir.ac.uk
Dean of Institute for Advanced Studies, Management, Work and Organisation
iain.docherty@stir.ac.uk
Research Fellow in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis
wisdom.dogbe@abdn.ac.uk
Lecturer in Environmental Engineering
carlos.domingo-felez@glasgow.ac.uk
Head of the University of Aberdeen Plasma Science Research Group
scott.doyle@abdn.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Geography, Sustainability and Environment
Ria.Dunkley@glasgow.ac.uk
Lecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
teaves001@dundee.ac.uk
Lecturer in Power Electronics and Electrical Power Engineering
mohamed.elgenedy@gcu.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead at Glasgow Caledonian University, and Director, Research Centre for Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) at Glasgow Caledonian University
Rohinton.Emmanuel@gcu.ac.uk
Research Fellow in Environmental Engineering
Ania.escudero@gcu.ac.uk
Rankine Chair of Energy Engineering (Systems Power & Energy)
Gioia.Falcone@glasgow.ac.uk
Professor in Electrical Power Engineering
mohamed.farrag@gcu.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Social Work
sandra.engstrom@stir.ac.uk
Research Fellow, Institute of Aquaculture
lynne.falconer1@stir.ac.uk
Chancellor's Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Geosciences
janet.fisher@ed.ac.uk
Professor in Cyber Physical Systems
David.Flynn@glasgow.ac.uk
Chancellor's Fellow in Net Zero Buildings
dfosasd@ed.ac.uk
Personal Chair of Energy Systems
d.friedrich@ed.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for University of Strathclyde, and Professor in Electronic and Electrical Engineering Energy
stuart.galloway@strath.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer Accounting and Finance
konstantinos.gavriilidis@stir.ac.uk
Lecturer in nature-based solutions and hydrogeological modelling
Alejandro.ollauri@gcu.ac.uk
Professor of Operations Management and Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange
c.hannibal@rgu.ac.uk
Bert Whittington Chair of Electrical Power Engineering
Gareth.Harrison@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Marine Hydrodynamics and Ocean Engineering
mhayatdavoodi@dundee.ac.uk
Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage
Stuart.Haszeldine@ed.ac.uk
Chair in Energy, Environment and Society
dvander@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Sustainable Biotechnology
Louise.Horsfall@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Future Energy Technology
m.hossain@rgu.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for the University of the West of Scotland and Professor of Environmental Geochemistry
Senior Lecturer (Undergraduate Medical School)
Camille.Huser@glasgow.ac.uk
Professor and Chair of Finance; Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations
Gbenga.Ibikunle@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics
david.ingram@ed.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for the University of Edinburgh, and Personal Chair of Global Health and Nutrition
lindsay.jaacks@ed.ac.uk
Director of the Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice
t.jafry@gcu.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society
kirsten.jenkins@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences
matt.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
jkenned5@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Elizabeth Georgeson Fellow in Data and Digitalisation for Net Zero
desen.kirli@ed.ac.uk
Chair of Agile Energy Systems
kiprakis@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Civil Engineering
J.A.Knappett@dundee.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer Economics
Theodore.Koutmeridis@glasgow.ac.uk
Lecturer in Sustainable Energy
Amarnath.Krishnamoorthy@uws.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for the University of Aberdeen, and Interdisciplinary Director for Data and Artificial Intelligence
georgios.leontidis@abdn.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Real Estate Research
nan.liu@abdn.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
rebecca.macklin@abdn.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Lecturer in Composite Materials Technology
francisca.mhergueta@ed.ac.uk
Principal Investigator Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences
smckim@dundee.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Anthropogenic Geomaterials
john.macdonald.3@glasgow.ac.uk
Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies
Alice.Mah@glasgow.ac.uk
Reader in Transport Studies
David.Mcarthur@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Ocean Observation
emedina@ed.ac.uk
Professor, Civil Engineering and Environmental Management
Slobodan.Mickovski@gcu.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead at the University of St Andrews and Assistant Vice-Principal (Dean of Science)
avpdeansci@st-andrews.ac.uk
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
dominic.moran@ed.ac.uk
Associate Dean for Economic, Social and Cultural Development and Head of Sociology School of Law and Social Sciences
n.mueller-hirth@rgu.ac.uk
Professor of Geomorphology and Environmental Geography
Larissa.Naylor@glasgow.ac.uk
SBNZ Academic Theme Lead - Food and Professor of Food Security and Sustainability
rachel.norman@stir.ac.uk
Professor of Composite Materials, Director of Research and Innovation National Subsea Centre, Robert Gordon University
j.njuguna@rgu.ac.uk
Lecturer in Real Estate
Tunbosun.Oyedokun@glasgow.ac.uk
Lecturer in Political Economy
Vice Principal for Research and Knowledge Exchange
chris.pearce@gla.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
R.Pillai@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Radio Frequency Technology
s.podilchak@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance
tavis.potts@abdn.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Biological and Environmental Sciences
heather.price@stir.ac.uk
Chancellor’s Fellow in Sustainable Energy
v.ramalingam2@rgu.ac.uk
Professor of Evolutionary Parasitology
Sarah.reece@ed.ac.uk
Chancellor’s Fellow of Industrial Psychology
r.roberts2@rgu.ac.uk
Chair of Molecular Materials
neil.robertson@ed.ac.uk
Lecturer, School of Health and Life Sciences
kiri.rodgers@uws.ac.uk
Lecturer in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
eugenia.rodrigues@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
cristina.rodriguez@uws.ac.uk
SBNZ Academic Theme Lead - Food and Professor of Nutrition
b.deroos@abdn.ac.uk
Professor of Physical Geography
j.s.rowan@dundee.ac.uk
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/john-rowan
Reader in Emerging Sustainable Technologies
g.santori@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Consumer Ethics and Sustainability
Deirdre.shaw@glasgow.ac.uk
Business Development Manager, School of GeoSciences
stuart.simmons@ed.ac.uk
RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies
William.sloan@glasgow.ac.uk
Director of the Centre for Future Infrastructure
Sean.Smith@ed.ac.uk
Lecturer in Autonomous Systems & Connectivity
Wenjuan.Song@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Theatre, Film & Television Studies
Inge.Sorensen@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Systems Thinking
agnessa.spanellis@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer of Geotechnical Engineering
melis.sutman@ed.ac.uk
Lecturer in Environment and Development
sam.staddon@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Energy and Sustainability
p.a.strachan@rgu.ac.uk
Professor of Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Technology
Mark.Symes@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Research Partnership Manager, SBNZ
K.Symons@ed.ac.uk
Lecturer in Transport Systems Engineering
ptafidis@ed.ac.uk
Director of the Sustainable Scotland Network (SSN)
george.tarvit@ed.ac.uk
Professor in Sustainability and the Built Environment
craig.thomson@gcu.ac.uk
Professor of Accounting and Sustainability
Ithomson002@dundee.ac.uk
Lecturer in Economics
Anna.SchulzeTilling@glasgow.ac.uk
Chair, SBNZ Steering Group, local SBNZ lead for the University of Glasgow, and Professor of Environmental and Climate Science
Jaime.Toney@glasgow.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Director for Energy Transition and Professor in Geoscience and Energy Transition
john.underhill@abdn.ac.uk
Professor of Ocean Engineering
V.Venugopal@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Bioinspired Engineering
i.m.viola@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies
Business Manager, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
Darren.watt@ed.ac.uk
Reader in Geospatial Data Science
Mingshu.Wang@glasgow.ac.uk
Professor of Landscape Architecture
c.ward-thompson@ed.ac.uk
Professor of Sociology of Organisations
jan.webb@ed.ac.uk
Programme Manager, Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage
gillian.white@sccs.org.uk
Lecturer in Environmental Management
andrew.wilson@gcu.ac.uk
Local SBNZ lead for the University of Stirling, and Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Natural Sciences
n.j.willby@stir.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Energy
benjamin.williamson@uhi.ac.uk
Reader in Interdisciplinary Research in Education
Anna.Wilson.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Associate Director for Science and Research
Ben.Wilson@sams.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
mark.winskel@ed.ac.uk
Programme Manager, Climate Springboard
alison.wood1@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Systems, Power and Energy
Siming.You@glasgow.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Technology
Abraham.Zhang@glasgow.ac.uk
Lecturer in Superconducting and Cryogenic Electric Machines
hongye.zhang@ed.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies
Qunshan.Zhao@glasgow.ac.uk
