Dr Tim Mays is the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE) and currently Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Materials Engineering with broad interests in energy and materials research. Tim is currently Principal Investigator and Operations Director of the EPSRC SUPERGEN United Kingdom Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC), a Knowledge Transfer Fellow exploring options for a UK Hydrogen Energy Programme.
Responsibilities include membership of the Department of Chemical Engineering Research Committee, the Faculty of Engineering and Design Research Committee and of the University Senate. He was Director of Undergraduate Studies in Chemical Engineering for six years until 2008 and Director of Postgraduate Studies in Chemical Engineering for three years from 2008. At Bath Dr Mays is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, which includes the EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Sustainable Chemical Technologies. He was formally Lecturer and Admissions Tutor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Bath after having gained his PhD in that department in 1988 for research on nuclear graphites.  Current research within the Mays Group includes: Adsorptive processes / Hydrogen storage in porous materials / Hydrogen isotope exchange / Modelling of adsorptive processes / Hydrogen storage for aerospace applications.

T.J.Mays@bath.ac.uk  

 +44 (0) 1225 386528

 http://www.bath.ac.uk/chem-eng/people/mays/

 

Professor Eric Arnould is Deputy Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE). Eric pursues research, teaching and practice under two banners, the first is sustainable business practices in which area my research has focused on fair trade marketing, demand side energy use, and sustainable agricultural production strategies. The second banner is that of consumer culture theory in which area Eric has helped to codify the field as well as several of its primary research directions, especially the sociocultural patterning of consumption and market cultures.
Key Research Interests: Sustainability / Consumer culture theory / Base-of-pyramid markets / Services.

+44 (0) 1225 383902

http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/faculty/eric-arnould.html  

 

Professor Stephen Gough is Professor of Environment and Society, Deputy Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE), and Director of the Centre for Research in Education and the Environment (CREE) at the University of Bath. His special area of interest is the political economy of post-compulsory education and learning, particularly as these relate to the relationship between human societies and their environments. He has conducted research funded by a wide variety of organisations including the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the MacArthur Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, The UK Department for International Development (DFiD), the UK National Health Service and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. He has led geographical expeditions in Borneo and Papua New Guinea and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 2011 he was made a Research Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.
Research Interests:  Education and the environment / Learning at the interface of the environment, society and the economy / Philosophy of Education. 

S.R.Gough@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 383919

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Philippe Blondel research focuses on underwater acoustics and how it links physical processes and the evolution of underwater environments. This is done through the development of innovative sonar designs and new processing techniques, tested in our laboratory and at sea around the world.  Philippe is Deputy Director of the Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science. His research has taken him from the Arctic to the Southern Indian Ocean. Current work focuses on: monitoring of marine habitats around Europe (from coral reefs to dynamic tidal environments), interactions of anthropogenic noise and marine life in Europe and Canada, imaging the environment around Marine Renewable Energy devices (wave and tidal) and investigating the dynamics of melting Arctic glaciers through passive acoustics.
P.Blondel@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 385237
http://www.bath.ac.uk/physics/contacts/academics/philippe_blondel/

  

Dr Gareth Buchanan is Research Portfolio Manager (Energy & Environment) in the Research and Development Support Office, focusing on generating a portfolio of new research projects, primarily in the area of Energy.  Funding expertise: EPSRC / NERC / TSB / Carbon Trust / ETI.
Departments: Electrical Engineering / Architecture and Civil Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Physics.
G.Buchanan@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 384345
http://www.bath.ac.uk/rdso/contacts/garethbuchanan.html

  

Professor Michael Finus holds a Chair in Environmental Economics. Michael joined the University of Bath in January 2012. He held previous appointments at the University of Exeter (2009-2011), University of Stirling (2007-2009), University of Hagen, Germany (2001-2007).
Michael works in the field of environmental economics and public goods, in particular on international environmental agreements. He has published widely in journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Social Choice and Welfare, Public Choice, Environmental Resource Economics and Environment and Development Economics. He also published several books such as Game Theory and International Environmental Cooperation (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2001).  He is a Member of the Editorial Board of Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, and regularly serves as a referee for journals like American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Games and Economic Behavior and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. He also frequently serves on the scientific panel of the annual meetings of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.  He was President-elect of the German Association of Environmental Economists (2008-2010) and Past President-elect 2010-2012, and is currently a Lead Author of the next report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Michael is also a Research Associate at the Centre for European Economic Policy Research in Mannheim (ZEW, Germany).
Research interests: Environmental Economics / Public Economics / Game Theory / International Environmental Agreements.
M.Finus@bath.ac.uk

+44 (0) 1225 386228

 

Dr Marcelle McManus is a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has a particular interest in sustainability and life cycle impacts. Her research enables her to work with engineers, scientists, industry, and policy makers to determine the environmental impact of different systems, with particular regard to renewable energy production.  Marcelle's current research interests include investigating the life cycle environmental impact of various products and systems, primarily related to renewable energy and products. Detailed assessment of the environmental impact of these systems is required in order to ensure we are making the most effective use of the resources we have.  Specifically, she is interested in the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to determine the impact of various micro energy generating systems, the production and use of bioenergy, carbon capture and the production of renewable materials.Many of the results of this work can feed into analysis of the future impact of various energy scenarios for meeting our low carbon and renewable energy targets in the future and highlight potential shortcomings and areas for improvements within specific technologies and mixes.  Other research interests include process and product improvement through the use of LCA within industry. She aims to use her research collaborations to further her LCA and sustainable energy research, and to enable her to identify the least environmentally damaging mechanisms to replace our current reliance on fossil fuels.She is part of the Sustainable Energy Research Team (SERT), which was set up as a research unit within the Department of Mechanical Engineering that aims to promote sustainability through high quality research and publications.
M.McManus@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 383877
http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-eng/people/mcmanus/

 

Peter Phelps is responsible for the carbon reduction strategy for the University and sits on the I-SEE Board to help develop links between the operations of the University and the Estate, and academic research and teaching. Peter's background is in engineering and Project Management, mostly in the manufacturing sector, from aerospace through high volume building products, to being a Six Sigma Black Belt in white goods and running a beer can factory in New Zealand.
An engineering graduate from Bath himself, he also holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Auckland University. Other areas of responsibility/expertise include energy procurement, carbon legislation, sustainable construction, technical energy efficiency improvements, metering and monitoring, implementing behavioural change programmes, and driving sustainability improvements across all areas of the organisation.
P.Phelps@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 386085

http://www.bath.ac.uk/estates/energy/
 

Dr Melea Press research focus is sustainable strategies for business management, energy use and agriculture. In this pursuit she has researched strategies for demand-side energy reduction with individual households and larger communities, production strategies for both small-scale and commodity agriculture producers, and how supply chains shift towards greater sustainability. In addition, she studies identification and transformation; that is, how individuals develop relationships with organizations, and how the transformations in individuals and organizational cultures take place as a result.  Key Research Interests: Sustainable strategies for business management / Energy use and agriculture / Identification / Transformation
M.D.Press@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 386743

 

Professor Rod Scott lab researches both the molecular genetics of higher plant reproduction, particularly seed development, and algal biotechnology.
Seeds and Reproduction:  Seeds are the most important agricultural product, accounting for at least 70% of the world’s food supply (either directly or as animal feed). With rising population and diminishing agricultural land, it is increasingly urgent to improve crop yields. Increasing seed size and number in seed crop species are important routes to achieving this goal. Our fundamental insights are identifying genes that regulate these traits, building these into biotechnological approaches to deliver increased yield.
Novel plant glycoside hydrolases for bioethanol production: Successful plant reproduction is essential for food production. The stationary lifestyle of plants means that mobile pollen is vital for fertilisation. Since plant cells are usually firmly fused together in tissues, pollen production requires radical modification of normal cell division. This is achieved by replacing cellulose with callose as the cell wall material laid-down after meiosis forms the young pollen grains. Enzymes produced by the surrounding anther tissues then dissolve the callose, releasing the pollen. We are identifing the genes encoding these enzymes for evaluation in the creation of auto-digesting transgenic plants for bioethanol production.
Algae biotechnology:  Single-celled, or microalgae, are a diverse group of species with many potential commercial applications including the production of biofuels, pigments, protein for animal feed and industrial feedstocks. Their large-scale culture could also help capture harmful CO2 to combat climate change and to clean wastewater reducing environmental damage from sewage treatment.  Before algae can realize this potential a number of technical challenges must be overcome to bring down the cost of production to levels competitive with existing and well-established alternatives. These include thermo-tolerance, increased photosynthetic efficiency and reduced harvesting and product recovery costs. Several research projects in the lab focus on addressing these challenges.
R.J.Scott@bath.ac.uk 
+44 (0) 1225 383437
http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/contacts/academics/rod_scott/

 

Professor Peter Walker joined the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering in January 1998, having previously held lectureships at the University of New England (Australia) and University of Zimbabwe. He is a civil/structural engineer, lecturing mainly in structural analysis and design, but also contributing to surveying. Professor Peter Walker's main research interests are in the use of low carbon and renewable construction materials; hemp-lime, straw bales, timber and earthen constructions. His interests in traditional building materials include studies in structural masonry, lime mortars, timber engineering and the conservation and repair of historic structures.
Current research projects include:  Structural integrity assessment of dry-stone retaining walls / Structural characteristics of hydraulic lime mortared brickwork / Characterising hemp lime materials / Developing unfired clay brick masonry / Prefabricated straw bale construction / Non-metallic timber connections.

 

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