James Gilbert is the Director of the Energy and Environment Institute (EEI) and Professor of Engineering at the University of Hull and has spent a career tackling industry challenges through the application of engineering modelling and instrumentation.
In recent years, James has focussed on accelerating the UK’s adoption of offshore wind energy, working with some of the industry’s key players such as Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted.
With involvement in a portfolio of approximately £40M in research projects, James is also the Research, Development and Innovation lead for Aura, a codirector of the EPSRC Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hubs and Deputy Director of the Aura Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Wind Energy.