Director & Co Directors
PROF CHRIS BRACE
University of Bath
Director and Principal Investigator
PROF MI TIAN
University of Bath
Co‑Director and Theme Lead: Storage and Distribution
PROF SHANWEN TAO
University of Warwick
Co-Director and Theme Lead: Alternative Liquid Fuels
PROF RACHAEL ROTHMAN
University of Sheffield
Co-Director and Theme Lead: Environmental
EMERITUS PROF TIM MAYS
University of Bath
Founding Principal Investigator and Director
Theme Leads
PROF Qiong Cai
University of Surrey
Theme Lead: End Use
PROF John Irvine
University of St Andrews
Theme Lead: Production
PROF Paul Dodds
University College London
Theme Lead: Economic
PROF Chris Jones
University of Portsmouth
Theme Lead: Social
PROF Joan Cordiner
University of Sheffield
Theme Lead: Safety
Co-Investigators
Project Managers & Hub Team
KAREN BROOKS
University of Bath
Deputy Director of GW-SHIFT & UK-HyRES
EVA MARTINO
University of Bath
UK-HyRES Senior Project Manager
ELLIE DAVIES
University of Bath
UK-HyRES Project Coordinator
DR JUNE MERCER-CHALMERS
University of Bath
Project Manager Support
Carla Teale
University of Sheffield
Project Administrator
DR Husnara Islam
University of Warwick
Project Administrator
Hub Researchers
Dr Sibimol Luke
University College London
Chair of the ECR Network
Dr Rajan Jagpal
University of Bath
Dr Selda Özkan
University of St Andrews
Dr Josh Kassongo
University of Sheffield
Dr Louisa Wood
University of Portsmouth
Dr Harmanpreet Singh
University of Sheffield
Dr Alex Newman
University of Sheffield
Dr Xiaoling Ma
University of Surrey
Dr Peimiao Zou
University of Warwick
Dr Yiyang Zhou
University of Warwick
Associated Post Doctoral Researchers
PhD Students
Fiona McAllister
University of Surrey
Manikandan Chithravelu
University of St. Andrews
Melisha Barboza
University of Warwick
Chaewon Kim
University of Portsmouth
Eric (Jing) Gui
University of Portsmouth
Ayah Ahmed
University College London
Christian Goodall
University of Bath
Renhang Wang
University of Warwick
Holly Smith
University of Bath
Mengxi Zhong
University of Warwick
Sebastian Teodorescu-Oros
University of Surrey
Flexifund Team
Prof Mark Symes
University of Glasgow
(Decoupled Electrolysis of Sea Water)
Dr Alfonso Martinez Felipe
University of Aberdeen
(Repurposing the Economy Future of the North Sea (MHYSTIC))
Prof Aidong Yang
University of Oxford
(Multi-purpose Exploration of Ammonia Reduction of Iron Oxides to Enable Green Steel and High Purity (MARIO))
Prof Alexander Cowan
University of Liverpool
(Stabilising the AEM Catalyst Interface (STACI))
Dr Alex Walton
University of Manchester
(Understanding Synergistic Effects in Iridium-Free Bimetallic Oxide Electrocatalysts)
Dr Dawei Wu
University of Durham
(An Ultra Low NOx Emission Catalytic Burner Fuelled with Neat Ammonia (UNISON))
Prof Gerard Fernando
University of Birmingham
(Novel Low Cost, High Performance Opto Chemical Hydrogen Sensors (OptiSen))
Prof Jennifer X Wen
University of Surrey
(Ammonia Release Safety Modelling)
Prof Stephen Skinner
Imperial College London
(Mitigating Degradation and Enhancing Durability in Metal Supported Solid Oxide Electrolysers)
Prof Terence Liu
Northumbria University
(Triple Boost Strategy for Low Energy Consuming Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis (Trimonia))