Prof Tim Green, head of Energy Futures Laboratory, Imperial College

Professor Timothy Green

 Education

Career

 Green joined Imperial in 1994 and has held positions such as director of undergraduate studies and deputy head of the department of electrical engineering. He became director of the Energy Futures Lab in February 2014 and is leader of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council hub in energy networks.

It takes only a brief look at Tim Green’s office to determine his interests in the engineering of energy. His shelves are dominated by a piece of vintage monitoring equipment — a wide, smiley face made up of two analogue dials and a semi-circular lever track — next to which are two highly polished, brass-and-steel model Stirling Engines. ‘Well, I am an engineer,’ he says with a shrug.

The Energy Futures Lab operates almost as a virtual department within Imperial College. ‘Energy doesn’t pay any attention to traditional boundaries,’ Green said. ‘People from different faculties have to come together and work with, and learn from, each other. You can’t pick up this stuff in a vacuum.’