Dr. Niall Mac Dowell

Biography

Niall Mac Dowell is a professor at Imperial College London specializing in future energy systems. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research focuses on understanding the transition to a low-carbon economy, and he has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers, technical reports, and books on this subject. Niall has over a decade of experience as a consultant in both the public and private sectors, working with various private sector organizations within the energy and financial industries. He also completed a two-year secondment with the UK Government Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, where he acted as an expert policy advisor on carbon capture, utilization, and storage, contributing to the development of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy and business models that support current investments in carbon capture and utilization technologies. Niall is a member of several advisory boards and working groups focusing on carbon capture and storage, including the Scientific Advisory Board for TotalEnergies and the National Petroleum Council's CCUS Roadmap Team. He has received numerous awards for his scientific contributions, including the Qatar Petroleum Medal for research in 2010 and the IChemE’s Nicklin and Junior Moulton Medals for his work on low-carbon energy in 2015 and 2021, respectively.

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