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Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng

 

Contact Details

Professor  Nigel  Brandon

Director of the Energy Futures Lab

Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5704

n.brandon@imperial.ac.uk
 

Biography

  • Director Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London 2005-present
  • Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London 2004-present
  • UK Focal point with China in climate change, energy and environment 2007-2011
  • Senior Research Fellow to the UK Research Councils energy programme 2006-present
  • Senior Lecturer in Electrochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London  2001-2004
  • Senior Lecturer in Electrochemical Engineering, T.H. Huxley School of Environment, Imperial College London  1998-2000
  • Staff Technologist, Energy Conversion Group, Rolls-Royce Strategic Research Centre, Derby, UK  1992-1998
  • Senior Electrochemist, BP Research Centre, Sunbury on Thames, UK  1988-1992
  • Electrochemist, BP Research Centre, Sunbury on Thames, UK  1984-1988

Recent Measures of Esteem

  • 2011 Baker Medal, Institute of Civil Engineering
  • 2011 OBE for services to UK-China science
  • 2008 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 2008 Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute 
  • 2007 Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal
  • 2007 PI of £4.2 million 'New and Renewable Solar Routes to Hydrogen Energy', the largest grant awarded by EPSRC in this field
  • 2006 Chartered Engineer
  • 2006 Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
  • 2006 Fellow of the Energy Institute
  • 2006 Inaugural Energy Senior Research Fellow to the Research Councils Energy programme
  • 2005 Management hub of £2.1 million EPSRC 'Supergen' fuel cell consortia

Research Interests

Nigel Brandon's research is focused on electrochemical power sources such as fuel cells, batteries, and hybrid systems. He collaborates extensively with industry in this field, as well with other research centres and universities around the world, and he leads the EPSRC 'Supergen' Fuel Cell consortia. He is the Director of the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College (www.imperial.ac.uk/energyfutureslab), which is leading cross-faculty, interdisciplinary energy research programmes across the College. He is a founder of Ceres Power (www.cerespower.com), an AIM listed fuel cell company spun out from Imperial College.