ProfessorNigel Brandon, FREng FRS

Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng FRS is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy. He was previously the Faculty’s Vice Dean (Research), Founding Director of the Sustainable Gas Institute, and Founding Director of the Energy Futures Lab.

He is a founder of Ceres Power, a FTSE listed fuel cell company spun out from Imperial College in 2000, RFC Power, a flow battery company spun out from Imperial College in 2018, and M-SPIN, a company developing & manufacturing low cost high surface area materials for electrochemical and thermal management applications in 2024.

Measures of esteem include: Castner Medal, Society of Chemical Industry (2024); Christian Friedrich Schönbein Gold Medal of Honour (2024); Horizon Prize , Royal Society of Chemistry (2023); Freedom of the City of London (2021); Francis Bacon Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2014); Baker Medal, Institute of Civil Engineering (2011); Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal (2007).

Professor Brandon received an OBE in 2011 for services to UK-China science and is a Fellow of the following institutions: the Royal Society (2021); Royal Academy of Engineering (2008); City and Guilds of London Institute (2008); Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (2006); Energy Institute (2006). He was recognised as an International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2022.

Recent lectures:

Panel Member, Global Sustainability Symposium, Hong Kong, 12th June 2026.

"Innovations in Electrochemical technology for the Low Carbon Energy Transition", Distinguished Lecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 11th June 2026

"Innovations in Electrochemical technology for the Low Carbon Energy Transition", The Nanquing Lecture, Xiamen University, China, 13th May 2026.

"Innovation in electrolysers, reversible solid oxide cells and flow batteries for longer term energy storage", Plenary lecture, UK Energy Storage conference, UKES26, Edinburgh, 15-17th April 2026.

"Innovations in Electrochemical Technology for the Low Carbon Energy Transition", City University of Hong Kong, Invited lecture, 20th January 2026.

"Materials - the link to make the energy transition happen", The Advanced Materials Show, NEC Birmingham, 9-10th July 2025,

Innovations in Electrochemical Technologies for the Low Carbon Energy Transition, Invited lecture, Univ. Edinburgh, May 14th 2025.

Lab to Business: Innovations in Electrochemical Technologies. Invited lecture, conference "Technology and Innovation for the Energy Transition", Univ. Concepcion, Chile, 9th January 2025.

Advances in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, Keynote lecture, UK-HK(China) Catalysis Workshop, Hong Kong, 13th November 2024.

William Mong Distinguished lecture "Innovations in electrochemical technologies for the low carbon energy transition", University of Hong Kong, 12th November 2024.

Innovations in liquid-gas flow batteries and high surface area materials for energy storage application, Invited lecture, GW4 conference "Lithium-ion battery materials and beyond", Univ. Exeter, 30th October 2024.

Innovations in electrochemical technology for the low carbon energy transition, Castner Medal lecture, Electrochem24, Manchester, 11-13th September, 2024.

From bench to business: Innovations in Solid Oxide Technology, Schönbein Gold Medal lecture, European Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne, Switzerland. 3-5th July 2024.

Progress, Opportunities and Challenges in Fuel Cell Propulsion Systems, Keynote lecture, Future Propulsion Conference (FPC2024), UK, 28-29th February 2024.

From bench to business - innovations in electrochemical technology for the low carbon energy transition, Keynote lecture, Energy Transition Research & Innovation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7-9th November 2023.

Progress in fuel cell and hydrogen technologies for the low carbon energy transition, Plenary lecture, 15th International Green Energy Conference, Glasgow, July 10-13th 2023.

Progress and opportunities for solid oxide fuel cells, Keynote lecture, Australian Hydrogen Research Conference, Feb 8-10th 2023.

Progress and innovations in the role of hydrogen for longer duration energy storage, Invited lecture, 3rd KAIST symposium on carbon free energy technology, Dec 2nd 2022.