Aoife Foley

Aoife M. Foley (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in civil engineering and the Ph.D. degree in unit commitment modelling of wind and energy storage in the Irish power system from the University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, in 1996 and 2011, respectively, and the M.Sc. degree in transportation engineering from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, in 1999. She is Chair in Net Zero in the School of Engineering at The University of Manchester, U.K. and Professor in Energy Systems Engineering with the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, U.K. She worked in industry for 12 years for ESB International, Siemens, SWS Energy and PM Group, in the development, planning, design, and management of energy, telecoms, waste, and pharma projects. Her research interests include energy systems modelling focused on electricity systems, markets and services, wind power, electric vehicles, and smart technologies. Dr. Foley is the Editor in Chief of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. She was a founding member of the IEEE VTS U.K. and Ireland Chapter in 2011. She is a Chartered Engineer (2001), a Fellow of Engineers Ireland (2012), and a member of the IEEE PES and VTS.