
Professor Michael Walmsley
Director
Expertise: Process integration & macro energy systems
Chemical & Materials Engineer

Dr Martin Atkins
Assistant Director
Expertise: Process integration & biomass-based hybrid utility systems
Chemical & Process Engineer

Dr Tim Walmsley
Assistant Director
Expertise: Process integration, optimisation & electrification
Process Engineer

Professor Mark Apperley
Expertise: Grid-edge trading and balancing for electrical systems
Electrical Engineer & Computer Scientist

Associate Professor James Carson
Expertise: Food properties, refrigeration & heat pumps
Chemical & Process Engineer


Dr Mahonri Owen
Expertise: Industry 4.0 and digital twins
Mechanical Engineer

Associate Professor Fei Yang
Expertise: Energy materials & light-weight alloys
Materials Engineer

Professor Brent Young
Director of I2C2, University of Auckland
Expertise: Digital twins, process modelling & control
Chemical Engineer


Dr Wei Yu
University of Auckland
Expertise: Digital twins, process modelling & control
Chemical Engineer

Dr Jim Chen
Massey University
Expertise: Thermodynamic cycles & solid fuel combustion
Chemical Engineer


Dr Duy Hoang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: Refrigeration and heat pumps
Mechanical Engineer

Dr Shafiqur Tito
Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: Smart grids and control
Electrical Engineer

Isaac Severinsen
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Efficient, dynamic, digital twin models of process unit operations using modern regression
Chemical & Process Engineer

Jun Chang
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Developing a self-learning system for heat pump cycles of non-continuous processes
Chemical & Materials Engineer

Elsa Klinac
PhD Researcher
Topic: Dynamic modelling of heat recovery loops for non-continuous industrial sites
Chemical & Biological Engineer

Stephen Burroughs
PhD Researcher
Topic: Process heat recovery: specification language, modelling and optimisation
Software Engineer

Michael Kalpagé
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: Utilisation of Digital Twins and Wider Community Integration in Process Heat Decarbonisation
Chemical & Materials Engineer

Ahuroa Leech
PhD Researcher
Topic: Renewable energy in Rural and Maori communities
Civil Engineer

Lana Kong
PhD Researcher & Project Coordinator
Topic: High temperature heat pumps for spray dryers
Mechanical Engineer

Ben Lincoln
PhD Researcher
Topic: Process integration and electrification of dairy processing
Chemical & Biological Engineer

Keegan Hall
PhD Researcher
Topic: Open source process and utility systems synthesis and optimisation
Chemical & Biological Engineer

Lilly Peng
PhD Researcher at the University of Auckland
Topic: A process safety enhanced digital-twin for the decarbonisation of industrial heat plants
Mechanical Engineer

Mostafa Pasandideh
PhD Researcher
Topic: Machine Learning Methods (ANN) for Increasing Efficiency of Energy Systems
Software Engineer

Matthew Taylor
PhD Researcher
Topic: Hybrid renewable utility systems for delivering process heat
Chemical & Biological Engineer

Michaela Kerr
Master's Researcher
Topic: Community microgrids with renewable generation
Software Engineer

Richard Chen
Master's Researcher
Topic: Integration of heat pumps for decarbonisation at Fonterra Waitoa
Process Engineer

Jack O'Leary
Master's Researcher
Topic: Industrial energy supply with storage
Chemical & Biological Engineer

Liam Clow
Master's Researcher
Topic: An Interactive Community Microgrid Model to Aid Design Exploration
Computer Scientist

Catherine Muldoon
Master's Researcher
Topic: Thermal energy reduction for industrial sites
Chemical & Process Engineer

Sam Pomana
Honours Researcher
Topic: Heat pump integrated biomass boiler
Mechanical Engineer

Safiya Al Habsi
Honours Researcher
Topic: Heat pump-integrated biomass boiler
Chemical & Biological Engineer

Monica Liev
Honours Researcher
Topic: Digital twin using VR and AR
Mechanical Engineer

Kenan Grant
Developer
Topic: Ahuora platform - process integration module
Software Engineer

Harrison Whiting
Developer
Topic: Ahuora platform - energy conversion units
Software Engineer
Annalisa Tiddy
Developer
Topic: Ahuora platform - unit operations
Software Engineer
Ryan Walmsley
Developer
Topic: Ahuora platform - UI/UX
Electrical & Software Engineer
Fiolo Kaloni
Summer Researcher
Topic: Impacts of decarbonisation on electricity distribution networks
Electrical Engineer
Abdulrahman Alyahmadi
Summer Researcher
Topic: Development of surrogate heat exchanger models for vapour compression cycles
Chemical & Biological Engineer
Sarah Kennedy
Summer Researcher
Topic: Carbon footprint of alternative milk supply methods
Chemical & Biological Engineer