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Academic Staff
\nAssociated with Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Group<\/b>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Dr Emmanuel Essah<\/a>
\nProfessor
\nHead of School<\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Christos Halios<\/span><\/a>
Lecturer<\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Rory Jones<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor
\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Dr M\u00e1t\u00e9 L\u0151rincz<\/a>
\nLecturer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Dr Eugene Mohareb<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor<\/i><\/td>\n		Dr Mehdi Shahrestani<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor in Sustainable Technology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dr Omid Shariati<\/a>
\nLecturer<\/em><\/td>\n		Professor Stefan Thor Smith<\/a>
\nProfessor<\/em><\/td>\n		Professor Jacopo Torriti<\/a>
\nProfessor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dr Maria Vahdati<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor<\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Weijie Xu<\/a>
\nLecturer<\/td>\n		Professor Runming Yao<\/a>
Professor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Postdoctoral Research Assistants
\nAssociated with Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Group<\/b>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Dr Jessica Bosseaux<\/a>
\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow in Food Systems Modelling<\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Hannah Charles<\/a>
\nPDRA for Residential Air-conditioning <\/em>
\nDemand Futures (RADFutures) project<\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Amelie Dakoure<\/a>
Postdoctoral Research Assistant<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dr Michelle Felton<\/a>
Postdoctoral Research Fellow on
\nEnvironmental Impacts of Wheat<\/i><\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Jose Luis Ramirez-Mendiola<\/a>
Postdoctoral Research Fellow\u00a0 on Flexibility
\nin Energy Demand<\/em><\/td>\n		Dr Wesley Tang<\/span>
Postdoctoral Research Assistant<\/i><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Visiting Research Fellows
\nAssociated with Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Group<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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 <\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denise Hertwig
\nAir Pollution Exposure<\/em><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Current PhD Students
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Student<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abdul Ahad Jhumka<\/a><\/td>\n\n
\n
Study of the transient stability of a renewable energy grid for Small Island Developing states<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ahmed Elgamal<\/a><\/td>\n\n
\n
Assessement of energy management approaches of Virtual Power Plants in regulated and deregulated electricity markets<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azad Ashraf<\/a><\/td>\nLife Cycle Sustainability Assessment – Decentralized waste to compost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christina Bristow<\/a><\/td>\nUsing an Urban Metabolism approach to understand the infrastructural dynamics of the UK urban domestic heat supply<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hillary Chanda<\/a><\/td>\nRenewable energy adoption and management in rural Zambia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jedidiah Oru-Bo<\/a><\/td>\nDecarbonisation of the UK food system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Josie Lloyd-Papworth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaac Guzman Estrada<\/a><\/td>\nAn assessment of low carbon food environments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raed Alshammari<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tariq Obeid<\/a><\/td>\nForecast Uncertainty analysis for PV+ Systems operation strategies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitor Lavor<\/a><\/td>\nAirborne infection risk in complex urban environments: modelling, mapping and mitigation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wenbo Wang<\/a><\/td>\nMicroclimate simulation for strategic urban planning-based on GIS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xizhen Huang<\/a><\/td>\nThe Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure for Mitigating Urban Heat Stress and Improving Perceived Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Chongqing and Reading: A Cross-Climatic Mixed Methods Comparative Case Study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nao Shibata<\/a><\/td>\nLife cycle sustainability assessment of domestic retrofit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yiming Sui<\/a><\/td>\nCarbon management in the Chinese food system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Past PhD Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Student<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nada Al Dosary<\/a><\/td>\nEvaluating the thermal impact of built environment surfaces on urban trees for achieving maximum cooling performance in the school\u2019s car parking and walkways in the UK and Saudi Arabia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bashar Alfalah<\/td>\nIdentifying the Patterns and Profiles of the Occupants and their Influence on Energy Performance in a High-Density Higher Education Buildings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jenny Berger<\/a><\/td>\nThe impact of indoor plants on indoor air quality and people’s well-being<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Chiu<\/td>\nCultural ecosystem services from urban greenspace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shiyu Han<\/a><\/td>\nModelling and mapping of retrofit of urban residential buildings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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