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The role of the Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) is to support the DESNZ Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) in providing the department with independent, expert and cross-disciplinary advice and challenge across its remit, informing policy, delivery and strategic decisions.

Membership

Co-chairs

The STAC is co-chaired by the DESNZ CSA and an independent member.

• Professor Paul Monks CB, FRMetS, FRSC, FInstP - STAC Co-Chair, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director General, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) â¶Ä¯
• - STAC Co-Chair and CEO of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre 

Members

STAC members are senior leaders or mid-career professionals with academic or industrial backgrounds relevant to the department’s science, engineering, technology and analysis remit.

• Professor Julian Allwood FREng - Professor of Engineering and the Environment, University of Cambridge 
• Professor Feargal Brennan - Professor of Offshore Engineering, University of Strathclyde 
• Professor Richard Dawson CEng FICE FREng - Professor of Earth Systems Engineering, Newcastle University 
• Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer FRSE, FEI, FIChemE, FRSA, FRSC - Director, UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and Deputy Principal (Global Sustainability), Heriot-Watt University 
• Emeritus Professor David Newbery CBE, PhD, ScD, FBA - Director, Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group
• Professor Nicholas Pidgeon MBE, FBA - Professor of Environmental Psychology and Risk, Cardiff University 
• Dr Fiona Rayment OBE, FREng, FRSE - Government Advisor, Non-Executive Director and Visiting Professor at University of Manchester 
• Professor Nilay Shah OBE FREng - Professor of Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London 
• Professor Emily Shuckburgh CBE, FRMetS, FRSA, HonFEI - Director, Cambridge Zero 
• Professor Benjamin Sovacool PhD, FAcSS, FRSA, MAE - Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex 
• Dr Erica Thompson - Associate Professor of Modelling for Decision Making, University College London 
• Professor Patricia Thornley BSc, DPhil, FREng - Professor of Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute, Aston University 
• Professor Sara Walker SFHEA - Director of Birmingham Energy Institute
• Mr Jonathan Wood CEng, FRSA - Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Cummins Inc 
• Dr David Wright FREng, FIET, MIGEM (ex-officio member) - Co-Chair Energy Research Partnership

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Future opportunities to apply for the STAC will be advertised on the .

Code of conduct

The STAC operates in accordance with the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees and Councils (CoPSAC, 2021).

Members have a duty to act in the public interest, and in accordance with the 7 Principles of Public Life (the Nolan Principles) and relevant provisions of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies.

Members are also required to declare any interests that could reasonably be seen to influence their advice or participation.