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I’ve recently completed a PhD degree in Climate Science from the University of Melbourne. I am interested in further exploring future climate change and evolution of climate extremes, regional uncertainties, and how future climate change will affect net-zero energy transitions.
Current work:
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Energy Policy and Modelling Group (EPMG) within the Sustainability Institute. My research focuses on assessing how future climate change within and surrounding Ireland might impact supply and demand aspects of a decarbonized future Irish energy system. My work will assist policymakers in planning a climate-resilient energy system transition.
Background:
As a doctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne, I explored climate change projections under net-zero emissions futures in line with the Paris Agreement. I had a particular focus on how mean-state climate and regional heat extremes might evolve after a variety of modelled pathways to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Bakytzhan is a Senior Research Coordinator for the CAPACITY project in the ERI Building in UCC. He is responsible for developing and coordinating the TIMES Ireland model. Technical Skills: TIMES/VEDA (advanced), GAMS, Python, Data analysis, Git/GitHub for versioning, optimisation modelling, linear programming, economic analysis, SQL database user (Postgres)
Current Work
Baktyzhan is responsible for developing and coordinating the TIMES Ireland model as part of the CAPACITY project to support climate action policy making in Ireland.
Background
Bakytzhan completed a Master of Science in Nuclear Physics in Dubna International University for Nature, Society and Man, Dubna, Russia, and a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Physics at Gumilev Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan. He has worked in varios modelling roles such as an Energy Economist in Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland in which he Created/developed techno-economic models of the energy system of New Zealand, and Switzerland with all EU/EEA countries using linear optimisation (in GAMS, CPLEX, TIMES/MARKAL) for studying energy and climate policies, energy pathways.
I am Neha Jaggeshar from Mauritius. I am enrolled as a PhD candidate at Energy Policy and Modelling Group, under the supervision of Prof. Hannah Daly. I will be pursuing my research in developing new integrated energy-land-food systems modelling tools and capacity to support long-term climate planning.
Background
I have previously worked as a Research Assistant and was involved in developing energy system models for small island developing states.
Jeanne is a Doctoral Student at MaREI, currently pursuing a PhD at University College Cork under the supervision of Dr. Hannah Daly, Dr. Ger Mullally, Dr. Paul Deane and Dr. Steve Pye. Her PhD project is exploring the topic of “Achieving universal access to clean fuels and technologies within households: synergies and trade-offs with climate action goals
BACKGROUND
Jeanne has extensive experience working in energy efficiency, policy and development. Prior to starting her PhD, Jeanne worked as a policy officer with the Heat and Energy Efficiency Scotland team in the Scottish Government where she led on Home Energy Scotland, the Scottish Government’s flagship domestic energy advice service, and on the relationship with Energy Saving Trust, key delivery partners for the Scottish Government Heat in Buildings Strategy.
She completed the first 12-week Community Energy Mentor course run by the Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub and was involved in the Corca Dhuibhne Community Energy Group.
Previously, Jeanne worked as Regional Communications Consultant with WFP in Asia (2015-2017), where her role involved providing communications support to country offices across Asia, including travel to Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Afghanistan for emergency comms support. Jeanne previously worked as part of a small team supporting the Irish Ambassador to the United Nations in his position as co-chair of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) negotiations in New York. She worked with DFAT Ireland on a Review of Irish Foreign Policy; she worked in Rwanda where she conducted research on peacebuilding and radio programming for her Master’s thesis. She has an M.Sc. in Development Practice – an interdisciplinary program exploring issues in development across Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Economics and Management and Health. She also has an M.Phil. in International Peace Studies.
I am Weipeng Xie from China. I am doing as a PhD student at Energy Policy and Modelling Group, under the supervision of Prof. Hannah Daly and Paul Deane. My research focus on modelling negative emissions technologies (NETs) for long-term net-zero or negative emissions pathways.
Background
I achieved a Master's Degree of Sustainable Energy at UCC.
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Overview
I am a SEFS Summer Student Collaborator with the Energy Policy and Modelling Group (EPMG) at the Sustainability Institute, University College Cork. My work focuses on reviewing Ireland’s historical greenhouse gas emissions datasets and their use in assessing Ireland’s contribution to global temperature increase, with particular attention to data transparency, documentation and reproducibility. My project supervisor is Dr Roisin Moriarty.
Background
I have a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, and I am currently enrolled as a postgraduate student (MEngSc) in Sustainable Energy at University College Cork (UCC). My thesis is on ‘Assessing the impact of Climate Change on Cooling Demand in Ireland '. I am a 2025/2026 Ireland Fellow and a 2026 An Taisce Climate Ambassador, with interests in climate change, energy systems and sustainability. At UCC, I have also worked as a Teaching Assistant/Tutor for Numerical Methods and Programming (EG2002), a Lab Assistant for Wind Energy (NE1001), and a Student Ambassador.
Overview Abdul Mannan is a PhD researcher at the Sustainability Institute, University College Cork (UCC), where his work focuses on transport and adoption modelling for Ireland’s transition towards a more sustainable mobility system.
Current Work His research centers on transport modelling with a particular focus on vehicle adoption, electric vehicles, and the composition of Ireland’s transport fleet. Through this work, he seeks to strengthen the modelling frameworks used to understand how technological, behavioural, and policy changes may shape the future of transport in Ireland.
Background Abdul’s academic background is rooted in Energy Engineering. He completed both his Bachelor’s degree and Integrated Master’s degree in Energy Engineering at University College Cork, Prior to commencing his PhD, Abdul Mannan worked as a Research Assistant at the Sustainability Institute, where he contributed to the development of transport modelling within CARSTOCK.
Alba Tavarez is currently work as a Research Assistant with the Energy Policy and Modelling Group, under the supervision of Dr Fionn Rogan. I am looking at how different research communities conceptualise, assess, and operationalise feasibility, from political and social acceptance to economic and technical readiness.
Background
Alba is from Brazil and holds a BA in International Relations from the Federal University of Paraíba and an MSc by Research from Cork University Business School, with a focus on innovation studies. My background spans knowledge coordination in innovation systems, mitigation pathways, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
