Gillian Lacey (M’12) received a BSc (Hons) for chemical engineering from Birmingham University in 1982, an MSc in New and Renewable Energy from Durham University in 2009 and a PhD from the electrical engineering department of Northumbria University in 2015.

 From 1983 to 2008 she worked as a teacher of Physics in secondary schools. From January 2016  to April 2017 she was a Research Associate in the University of Manchester, UK, working on battery life modelling for an electric vehicle. From June 2017 she works as a senior lecturer in Teesside University, Electrical Engineering. She is a contributing author of two books, has published 15 papers and has contributed to several projects around emobility in the UK and NSR of Europe. Her research interests are based on V2G and the effect of smart charging on EV batteries, battery degradation and EV batteries for power storage to optimise renewable generation at the LV network level.

Electric vehicles

Smart charging

wireless charging

network modelling

battery degradation

Girls in Engineering

Recruiting minorities into HE

Project based learning

Student led learning

Dr Lacey’s awards include the “Prix du Quebec”, 2014, “A Methodology to Support the Electrical Network in the Promotion of EV Charging”, (winner) and IEEE PES UKRI chapter, October 2014, “Energy Challenges”, research presentation (runner up)