Professional activities
Patents (The Flexible Heat Pump – Patent Portfolio)
• UK patent application: GB2015531.3A, filed 30 September 2020.
• PCT Application: WO2022069581A1, filed September 2021, published April 2022, entered national phases.
• National phase patent applications:
- United States: US18/028,723 – granted May 2026.
- China: CN202180080404.4A – granted March 2026.
- Japan: JP2023519990A – under examination.
- European: EP21786190.5A – under examination.
Esteem:
• British Standards Institution, Committee Member, RHE/17 Testing of Air Conditioning Units (2026 – date)
• British Standards Institution, Committee Member, RHE/18 Refrigeration Safety (2026 – date)
• Lead of Energy Research Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool. (2024 – date)
• Research Theme Lead for Heat Energy, The Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), Scotland (2016 – 2023)
• Advisory Board Member, Energy Demand Reduction Centre, EPSRC (2024 – 2026)
• Council Member for Institution of Engineers in Scotland (IES)
• Board of Directorates of International Association of Green Energy (IAGE) (2021 – date)
• External Examiner, Sustainable Energy Systems MSc Programme, University of Edinburgh (2022 – date)
• External Examiner, Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Degree Programme, UCL (2021 – 2024)
UKRI/EPSRC Funding Panel Membership
• EPSRC CDT Interview Panel Member, November, Bristol, 2023.
• UKRI Expert Panel Member, Early Career Researcher Collaborations for Global Development, May 2023.
• EPSRC Panel member, Engineering Prioritising Panel in December 2022.
• EPSRC Panel member, Engineering Prioritising Panel in August 2020.
• EPSRC Panel member, EPSRC-NSFC Call in Sustainable Power Supply in December 2019.
Editorial Roles:
• Associate Editor of Applied Energy (Elsevier)
• Associate Editor of npj Thermal Science and Engineering (Springer Nature)
• Subject Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier)
• Specialty Editor in Chief of Frontier in Thermal Engineering (Frontiers)
• Editorial Board Member of Energy Report (Elsevier)
• Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Green Energy (Tylor & Francis)
Conference Chair/co-Chair:
• Co-Chair of the 14th International Green Energy Conference (2022)
• Chair of the 15th International Green Energy Conference (2023)
Membership:
• Fellow of Institution of Engineers in Scotland (IES)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Charted Engineer, Engineering Council, United Kingdom
• Member of Institute of Refrigeration (IOR), United Kingdom
• Member of EPSRC College, United Kingdom
• Member of Imeche (2013-2022)
Selected Invited Plenary/Keynote at Conferences
• Invited plenary lecture, International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC 2026), October 24–26, 2026, Sousse, Tunisia.
• Invited plenary lecture, the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering, January 2026, Sydney, Australia.
• Invited plenary lecture, The 17th International Green Energy Conference & the 6th International Conference on Energy and AI, October 12–15, 2025, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Invited plenary lecture, The 11th Heat Powered Cycle Conference, May 25–28, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal.
Selected Media Coverage (30+ news outlets and technical magazines)
• Knowable Magazine
• Physics World
• Envirotec Magazine
• New Scientist
Selected Public Engagement
• The Science Show (Jambo! Radio)