Brian Ó Gallachóir

Director, MaREI Centre

Brian Ó Gallachóir is Professor of Energy Engineering at UCC and Director of the SFI MaREI Centre for Energy Climate and Marine. Brian leads MaREI’s research on energy systems modelling that has underpinned Irish and EU energy and climate mitigation policies and energy company strategies. Brian is elected Chair of International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme on energy systems modelling (IEA-ETSAP) and an elected Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering. Brian received the Science Foundation Ireland Best International Engagement Award 2020 and currently chairs the UCC President’s COP-26 Working Group.