Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue 31 March
17:30 - 19:00
Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Michael Jack
About Professor Michael Jack’s research
Professor Jack is a theoretical physicist whose research spans fundamental and applied topics in sustainable energy. He originally trained in quantum theory and, prior to moving to the University of Otago, spent 9 years at the New Zealand Crown Research Institute, Scion, conducting bioenergy and biofuel research.
His current research focuses on integrating renewable energy resources and designing future energy systems. Rapidly growing distributed energy resources, such as solar PV, and new technologies, such as electric vehicles, are fundamentally changing electricity systems, creating new challenges and opportunities. His research group is interested in understanding future patterns of electricity use and how flexibility in energy use, achieved through efficiency, smart control, or energy storage, can enable greater uptake of variable renewables and create a lower-carbon, more equitable, lower-cost, and more resilient energy system.
Professor Jack also conducts fundamental research on the non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of chemical-to-mechanical energy conversion by biological proteins. This research could lead to the development of new ultra-efficient energy technologies.
Professor Jack is the director of the Sustainable Energy Programme and co-director of the Otago Energy Research Centre, a large multidisciplinary network of energy researchers.
Livestream information
This event will be livestreamed at the following link:
Livestream Professor Michael Jack’s IPL