Ehiaze Ehimen

Dr. Ehiaze Ehimen is a Senior Research Fellow in Developmental Sustainable Energy Systems at Atlantic Technological University, Sligo. He completed a PhD in Physics (Energy Systems) from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand in 2010, prior to which he had a European MSc in Environmental Technology and Management from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Dr Ehimen has worked extensively on a range of renewable energy, environmental technology, waste utilisation and bio-processing optimisation projects in a variety of research projects, roles and institutions in different European countries. He is currently the coordinator and lead PI of the Irish Research Council ( IRC) COALESCE award funded CEANGAL project which is focused on transnational research collaboration to afford improved renewable energy uptake in Sub-Saharan African communities, Ehiaze is also the coordinator and principal of the Sustainable Energy Authourity of Ireland (SEAI) funded MOBILISE project which researches economic, political, and technological factors affecting the implementation of energy efficiency measures in Traveller communities in Ireland. Previously, he was the Project Coordinator for the Rep. of Ireland for the EU INTERREG VI Renewable Engine project (2018-2021). Here, in collaboration with a local SME, Organic Power, he contributed to the development of a small scale AD plant for decentralised gas and electricity generation. He was also a PI on the EU NPA funded SYMBIOMA project (2019-2022) which supported bio-based industries in sparsely populated EU Atlantic regions with mechanisms for valorising their waste streams.
Previously, Dr. Ehimen worked an Researcher at Flemish institute of Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium investigating enzymatic process optimisation and intensification routes (FP7 BIOINTENSE project), and at Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark on the EU INTERREG 4A funded “Large Scale Bioenergy Lab” project and the EU regional fund project “Algae Innovation Centre”.Dr Ehiaze Ehimen, ATU’s Senior Research Fellow,