Working Group Members

Dr. Gerry Agnew

Senior Research Fellow

University of St. Andrews

Fuel cells and electrolysers in the use and synthesis of green ammonia

Dr. James Barth

Head of Performance and Aerothermal Engineering

Reaction Engines

Thermal management of novel engine architectures

Chris Bronsdon

CEO

Eneus Energy

Green ammonia producer

James Cameron

Barrister

Tackling the climate change issue and its impact on humanity and the natural world.

Zac Cesaro

PhD Candidate, Research Engineer

University of Oxford / Siemens Energy

Ammonia as dispatchable power in the electricity sector. Green hydrogen and ammonia in developing countries, especially India. Ammonia cracking for hydrogen delivery.

Tristan Davenne

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Flexible generation of ammonia from intermittent power - Efficient conversion of ammonia back to electricity in fuel cells and gas turbines.

Prof. Yulong Ding

Chamberlain Chair of Chemical Engineering

University of Birmingham

Specialising in thermal energy conversion and storage and liquid air energy storage, as well as integration of these technologies for multi-energy-vector provision including ammonia and hydrogen.

Prof. Seamus Garvey

Professor of Dynamics

University of Nottingham

Seamus Garvey is a broad-spectrum mechanical engineer with extensive experience and interest in gas turbine engines and in the transport/energy-system nexus.

Chris Goodall

Writer and researcher

Interested in the role of hydrogen in making the energy transition possible. Investor in young green technologies.

Dr Phil Grunewald

Coordinator

Green Ammonia Working Group

Helping to raise the profile of long term storage needs and Ammonia in particular

Jim Hall

Director of Research in the School of Geography and the Environment

University of Oxford

Prof. Cameron Hepburn

Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

University of Oxford

Cameron is interested in getting to net zero as quickly and economically as possible and particularly interested in the final hard to abate 25% of GHG emissions.

Alf Hill

University of Bath

Alf’s interests are in green ammonia manufacture, its integration into low carbon manufacturing clusters, and in NH3 as a H2 storage vector.

Prof. Joe Howe

Executive Director of Energy Research Institute

University of Chester

Industrial decarbonisation and sector development: realising the benefits; developing supply chain; jobs, skills and export opportunities.

Dr. Matt Ives

Senior Research Associate in Complex Systems Economic Modelling

University of Oxford Smith School

Matt is interested in all technologies that will enable us to accelerate us to a net-zero world and sees green ammonia as an extremely promising and available solution for energy storage and potentially transport.

Prof. Frank Kirkland

Professor of Technology Innovation for Aircraft Propulsion

Queen's University Belfast

Research interests are aircraft propulsion systems, alternative fuels, energy systems

Bruce Levell

Prof. Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith

Emeritus Professor

University of Oxford

Energy supply and demand in all its aspects

Prof Doug MacFarlane

Professor of Chemistry

Monash University

Direct electrochemical production of ammonia. Electrocatalysis. Nitrogen reduction mechanisms. Applications of green ammonia.

Dr. Syed Mashruk

Research Associate in Thermofluids

Cardiff University

Research focused on experimental and numerical characterisation of alternative, low carbon fuels for power generation, as well as in aviation and transport industries. Specialises in advanced optical and laser diagnostics systems.

Prof. Tim Mays

Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering

University of Bath

Hydrogen storage and sustainable hydrogen

Prof. Malcolm McCulloch

Professor of Electrical Engineering

University of Oxford

I am interested in the future of energy systems. especially in Africa and South Asia.

Dr. Richard Nayak-Luke

Fixed-Term Lecturer

University of Oxford

Process & systems engineering focussed on integration of renewable electrical energy into chemical production processes and semi-islanded networks.

Richard Nourse

Managing Partner

Greencoat Capital LLP

Richard has broad energy and sustainability interests. .

Prof. Michael Obersteiner

Director of Environmental Change Institute

University of Oxford

Nick Salmon

D. Phil Candidate

University of Oxford

Using Ammonia as a vector for moving low cost solar energy around the world

Chris Smith

Founder & Managing Director

Meld Energy Limited

Driving the hydrogen and ammonia market to accelerate the net zero transition. Exploring how multiple markets can be leveraged to expand production

Capt. Panos Stavrakakis

Head, Centre of Organisational Health & Wellbeing

HSE Science and Research Centre

Works with others at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to understand and address the new risks from the novel production and applications of green ammonia

James Tarver

Senior Portfolio Manager at EPSRC

EPSRC

James Thatcher

Research Assistant

Green ammonia in shipping and other transport sectors

Laura Torrente Murciano

Reader in Reaction Engineering and Catalysis

University of Cambridge

Development of novel integrated technologies for the deployment of green ammonia as carbon free energy vector, including small-scale synthesis and decomposition.

Prof. Edman Tsang

Professor of Chemistry

University of Oxford

Norman Wijker

Chief Technology Officer

Samad Aerospace

Applying ammonia as an energy storage solution for commercial flight in either SOFC or hybrid applications.

Dr. Ian Wilkinson

Programme Manager

Siemens Energy

Practical energy systems that deploy hydrogen, and ammonia as a practical / scalable hydrogen vector. Commercial applications for these that makes sense in the near-term.