Brian joined the team in 2016, and has a Masters in Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, both from University College Cork and is a PhD Researcher in Institute of Construction Informatics, Technische Universität Dresden.
Dr Carlos Ochoa
Energy in Buildings
Dr Carlos Ochoa joined the IERC as a Building Energy Senior Researcher, after previous participation in FP7 and H2020 projects with Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Dr. Chantal Basurto
Energy in Buildings
Dr. Chantal Basurto joined IERC as postdoctoral researcher in September 2023.
Eimear Corridan
Eimear joined the IERC in January 2020. She is responsible for managing the day to day activities of the centre.
Eoin O’Leidhin
Energy Informatics
Eoin joined the team in December 2017, and has a Masters in Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering both from University of Limerick.
Fábio Silva
Energy Informatics
Fabio joined IERC team in October 2020, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from FATEC/SP in Brazil, an International Executive MBA in E-business from FGV in Brazil
Farah Tahir
Energy Informatics
Farah joined the IERC as a Research Assistant in May 2019. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (Web Systems Engineering), and is currently progressing with her Masters in Data Science and Analytics, both from University College Cork.
Karen Mould
Energy Informatics
Karen obtained a bachelors degree in Marine Environmental Science from Portsmouth University, after which she spent several years researching coastal environments as a marine biologist, as well working in coastal, marine and heritage tourism.
Lorena Sánchez Relano
Smart Energy Services and Regulatory Innovation
Lorena Sanchez Relano works as a Research Assistant with the Smart Energy Services and Regulatory Innovation theme
Dr Luciano De Tommasi
Smart Energy Services and Regulatory Innovation
Dr Luciano De Tommasi has joined IERC as Senior Research Engineer and Team Leader after more than 15 years of experience in research positions, including academia, public sector and industry.
Dr Maria Lopez Zambrano
Energy in Buildings
Dr Maria Lopez Zambrano joined IERC in October 2020 as a postdoctoral researcher in the area of building energy modelling to work on the MiniStor project, funded by the European Commission.
Tianren Chen
Energy in Buildings
Tianren joined the team in 2022. At IERC, his role is to develop the daylighting system in maintaining circadian.