Aziz joined the IERC team in November, 2019. At IERC, his role will be to assist in projects related with renewable energy integration, smart grid, distributed energy resources.


Prof Brian Norton
Professor Brian Norton PhD DSc DUniv(h.c.) FIAE MRIA is Head of Energy Research at Tyndall National Institute

Brian O’Regan
Energy Informatics
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.

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.

Maeve McGinn
Maeve has extensive experience in project management, finance management, event management, marketing and communications and has worked in research support environment for more than 15 years. Maeve is a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and also holds a degree in Business & Accounting from MTU