The crew

Paul Coughlan

Professor in operations management at Trinity College Dublin

Paul’s research interests include collaborative improvement of manufacturing, product development and energy recovery practices; action learning; and action research.

Chetanaya Sawhney

PhD research student in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin

Chetanya’s research focuses on life cycle Sustainability assessment of hybrid renewable energy system.

Naufal Riyandi

PhD research student in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin

Naufal’s research focuses on fish-friendly pump-as-turbine development.

John Gallagher

Assistant professor in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin

John is a civil and environmental engineer with a focus on life cycle and circular design of hybrid energy systems to achieve low-carbon and resource-efficient outcomes.

Aonghus McNabola

Professor in the School of Engineering at Trinity college Dublin

Aonghus is a civil engineering, and his main line of research focuses on the development of fluids-based technology in the energy and environment fields.

Mike Pedley

Commercial director of Easy Hydro

By bringing over 35 years experience in energy and water related fields, including multiple renewable energy technologies, Mike has a support role in HY4RES on project management and reviewing key communications from Easy Hydro.

Bhavya Maheshwari

AI & optimisation modeller at Easy Hydro

Bhavya has a master’s degree in business analytics, and she is supporting the development of data analytics and AI models for renewable energy forecasting.

Nadia Larsen

Business & administration lead at Easy Hydro

Nadia has a higher diploma in general management and production management. In HY4RES, she has a support role in administrative tasks & financial tracking.

Rita Aparici

Electrical & control engineer at Easy Hydro

Rita has a master’s degree in renewable energy. She is supporting lab upgrade and tests to be carried out at TCD, and she provides technical support, and assistance with electric and electronic component. Rita is also contributing to the design of the floating PV installation and to the construction of the agriculture pilot plant.

Daniele Novara

CEO & founder of Easy Hydro

Daniele is a PhD civil engineer working on the fish-friendly turbine selection, lab upgrade and tests to be carried out at TCD, as well as turbine performance characterization. He is also contributing to the definition of the technical specifications, design and build of the agriculture pilot plant.

Miguel Crespo Chacon

Chief technical officer of Easy Hydro

Miguel is a PhD civil engineer with skills in research within the hydropower sector, water and energy efficiency in the drinking water and irrigation industries, data analytics and Al. In HY4RES, he is responsible for project management, development of data analytic and AI models for forecasting. Miguel also is an expert in technical support, in design and construction of the hydraulic pilot plant in agriculture, and supports the design floating PV installation.

Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz

Professor of hydraulics and irrigation engineering at the University of Córdoba

Within HY4RES project, Juan is applying his previous research which focused on optimizing the water-food-energy nexus in irrigated areas.

Jorge García Morillo

Professor of hydraulic engineering at the School of Civil and Mining Engineering of the University of Córdoba

Jorge’s main line of research focuses on the fields of water and energy nexus within water distribution networks.

Maaike Van de Loo

PhD candidate at the University of Córdoba

Maaike is working on the research of using and optimising solar energy in large irrigation systems.

Mariana Akemi Ikegawa Bernabé

PhD research student at the University of Córdoba

Mariana is a civil engineer researching AI applied to the optimal management of renewable energy in hydraulic systems. In HY4RES, she is supporting the development of data analytics and AI models for energy demand forecasting.

Clara García

Administration manager at Feragua

Clara is responsible for justifying projects.

Pedro Parias

General secretary of Feragua

Pedro is an agricultural engineer with an MBA. His main task is to coordinate and supervise the technical, legal and communication services of Feragua.

Helena Ramos

Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon

Helena’s main line of research focuses on the fields of hydraulics, hydrodynamics, hydropower, hybrid energy solutions, pumped-storage.

Joaquín Fernández Francos

Professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of Oviedo

Joaquín’s main field of research is based on the study of fluid motion in any environment, with extensive experience in computational fluid dynamics.

Eduardo Álvarez Álvarez

Associate professor in the Energy Department of the University of Oviedo

Eduardo Álvarez has a PhD in industrial engineering, with professional experience acquired at university, in technology centres and companies. His main line of research focuses on renewable energy generation, specially in microgeneration systems.

Rodolfo Espina Valdés

Lecturer in hydraulic engineering at the University of Oviedo

Rodolfo is a civil engineer, and his main line of research focuses on obtaining hydrokinetic energy from small flow velocities by optimising turbine designs and studying their blocking effect in canals.

Laure Martin-Poisson

Agronomist at Vertigo Lab

Laure Martin-Poisson has a PhD in economics and she is a specialist in public policy assessment.

Anthony Ruiz

Research consultant and environmental economist at Vertigo Lab

Anthony is specialising in social and societal impact assessments.

Jean-Christophe Martin

Consultant-researcher in environmental economics at Vertigo Lab

Jeans-Christophe is specialising in the assessment of socio-economic and environmental impacts at territorial level.

Théo Breidenstein-Jullien

Consultant-researcher in environmental economics at Vertigo Lab

Theo is specialising in the assessment of socio-economic and environmental impacts at territorial level.

Marcos Tavares

Technical engineer at IG Energy

Marco has experience in programming industrial automatons, industrial maintenance and metalworking. In HY4RES, Marco is responsible for equipment manufacture and testing.

Ignac Gazur

CEO of IG Energy

Ignac is a mechanical engineer, with experience in research and construction in the hydroelectric sector. In HY4RES, he is project manager, working in the development of mathematical models to estimate hybrid production. Ignac is also developing cross-flow water wheel for low and ultra-low heads, and he is designing the construction project for the energy communities pilot sites.