Next Generation Energy Systems

Meet The NexSys Team

Our all-island team comprises academics, researchers, and professional staff across nine academic institutions, with our industry partners and collaborators, to tackle key research challenges in NexSys.

Saba Aghdam Tabar

PhD Student, Biopharma & Pharma Engineering

UCD

Professor Aoife Ahern

Professor, College Principal & Dean Of Engineering

UCD

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Adamantios Bampoulas

Postdoctoral researcher, School of Computer Science

UCD

Dr Aparajita Banerjee

Postdoc Research Fellow LVL II, School of Business

UCD

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Behnam Mohseni Gharyehsafa

PhD student

Centre for Ocean Energy Research, Maynooth University

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Arash Beiranvand

NexSys, Post Doc Research Fellow, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

Minel Bodur

PhD Student, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

UCD

Dr Brian Boyle

Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Politics and International Relations

UCD

Dr Julie Byrne

Associate Professor, School of Business

UCD

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Lorna Byrne

Education and Public Engagement Officer, NexSys Operations team

UCD

Dr Philip Cardiff

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

UCD

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Dr Michelle Carey

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics

UCD

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Dr Paraic Carroll

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering. NexSys Transport Strand Lead

UCD

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Dr Paula Carroll

Associate Professor, School of Business

UCD

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Dr James Carton

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

DCU

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Dr Eoin Casey

Professor, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering. NexSys Water Lead

UCD

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Dr Brian Caulfield

Associate Professor. Head of Dept, Civil Struct & Env. Eng.

TCD

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Dr. Eoghan Clifford

Senior Lecturer, Engineering & Informatics. NexSys Water Strand Lead

NUIG

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Dr Sarah Cotterill

Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering

UCD

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Dr Paul Cuffe

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

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Kelly de Bruin

Senior Research Officer, Energy, Environment and Infrastructure

ESRI

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Dr Mel Devine

Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow), School of Business

UCD

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Orla Dingley

PhD Student, School of Social Policy, Social Work & Social Justice

UCD

Dr Philip Donnellan

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

UCD

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Dr Greg McNamara

Assistant Professor

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, DCU

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Dr Mainendra Kumar Dewangan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering

TCD

Alireza Etemad

PhD student, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

UCD

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Dr Donal Finn

Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

UCD

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Dr Breiffni Fitzgerald

Ussher Assistant Professor, Civil Struct & Env. NexSys Offshore Wind strand Lead

TCD

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Dr Lorna Fitzsimons

Assistant Professor/Lecturer, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

UCD

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Dr Damian Flynn

Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

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Mary Gallagher Cooke

Operations Director at NexSys

UCD

Dr Bidisha Ghosh

Associate Professor, Civil Struct & Env. Eng.

TCD

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Natali Goncalves

PhD Student, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

Haresh Dash

PhD student, School of Civil Engineering

UCD

Dr Khurram Hashmi

Senior Power Systems Researcher

UCD

Neil Hewitt

Professor of Energy, Faculty Of Computing, Eng. & Built Env.

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Cliodhna Horan

Finance & Reporting Manager at NexSys

UCD

Hugo Jacque

PhD student, School of Civil Engineering

UCD

Professor Alojz Ivankovic

Full Professor of Mechanics of Materials, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

UCD

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Janis Farrell

Senior Administrator, NexSys operations team

UCD

Dr Recep Kaan Dereli

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

UCD

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Dr Madjid Karimirad

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Marine and Coastal Engineering

QUB

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Professor Andrew Keane

Professor, Director of NexSys and the UCD Energy Institute

UCD

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Maria Keany

Business Development Manager, NexSys Operations team

UCD

Galina Kennedy

PhD Student, Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering

TCD

Kamran Khammadov

PhD Student, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

UCD

Dr Oliver Kinnane

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy

UCD

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Dr Anthea Lacchia

Communications Officer

UCD

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Dr Leonhard Lades

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy

UCD

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Qihui Li

Phd Student, School of Civil Engineering

UCD

Dr Muireann Lynch

Snr Research Officer. NexSys Co Lead of Energy Systems Strand

ESRI

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Cheng Ma

PhD Student, College of Business

UCD

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Dr Abdollah Malekjafarian

Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow), School of Civil Engineering

UCD

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Dr Eleni Mangina

Professor, School of Computer Science

UCD

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Dennis Mathew

PhD student, Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy.

UCD

Professor Barry Mcmullin

Full Professor, School of Electronic Engineering

DCU

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Glenn McNamara

PhD student, School of Economics

UCD

Professor Federico Milano

Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

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Dr Gerald Mills

Associate Professor, School of Geography

UCD

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Stefan Müller

Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow), School of Politics and International Relations

UCD

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Clíodhna Ní Shé

PhD Student

UCD

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Alireza Nouri

NexSys, Senior Energy Lab Researcher, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

Maggie Ntombifuthi Bingo

PhD Student, School of Engineering

UCG

Dr James O'Donnell

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

UCD

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Dr Terence O'Donnell

Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. NexSys Co Lead of Energy Systems Strand

UCD

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Dr Laura O'Gorman

Finance and Reporting Analyst, NexSys Operations team

UCD

Dr Oleksandra Perfilova

Postdoctoral researcher, School of Economics

UCD

Dr Vikram Pakrashi

Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. NexSys Offshore Wind Strand lead

UCD

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Professor Fabiano Pallonetto

Professor, School of Business

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Dr Tim Persoons

Associate Professor, Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng

TCD

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Professor Francesco Pilla

Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy. NexSys City & Communities Strand lead

UCD

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Maryam Pourmahdi-torghabe

PhD student, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

Michael Power

Research Engineer, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

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Professor Aisling Reynolds-Feighan

Full Professor, School of Economics

UCD

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Dr Lisa Ryan

Professor, School of Economics

UCD

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Dr Paraic Ryan

Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering

UCC

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Nadiya Saba

PhD Student, School of Economics

UCD

Dr Margaret Samahita

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Economics

UCD

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Dr Geertje Schuitema

Associate Professor, School of Business

UCD

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Dr Mona Soroudi

Research Data and Reporting Administrator, NexSys Operations team

UCD EI

Dr Alireza Soroudi

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

UCD

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Dr Conor Sweeney

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics

UCD

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Dr Eoin Syron

Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering

UCD

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Amirhossein Taran

Researcher

UCD

Theodoros Varouxis

PhD student, School of Civil Engineering

UCD

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Aleen van der Meer

PhD Student Researcher, Energy Systems Engineering

UCD

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Wenchuang Zhang

PhD student

UCC

Dr Nessa Winston

Associate Professor, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice

UCD

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Ya(Sherry) Gao

PhD student, Michael Smurfit Business School

UCD

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Zeting Li

PhD student, School of Geography

UCD

Xianxian Zhao

Snr. Postdoc Researcher, Enery Institute

UCD

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