We are delighted to announce that our Director Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer has been appointed to the Department for Energy and Security and Net Zero’s Science and Technology Advisory Council.

This appointment is a testament to Mercedes’ commitment to innovation and to her success in fostering constructive pathways to decarbonisation through a collaborative ecosystem of academia, industry, and policymakers.

More information can be found here.

The STAC consists of a group of 16 academic and industry experts; we also pass on our congratulations to the academics who have contributed to IDRIC’s critical research programme:

• Professor Benjamin Sovacool, IDRIC Research Co-Director
• Professor Nicholas Pidgeon
• Professor Nilay Shah
• Professor Elizabeth Patricia Thornley