Julian Hunt
Research Scholar
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
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Biography
Julian Hunt is a research scholar in the Sustainable Service Systems (S3) Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program where he focuses on implementing daily and seasonal storage energy technologies in MESSAGE models and analyzing the impact of these technologies on long-term energy planning. His research interests include analysis of energy systems, water-energy-land interfaces, climate change risks, energy security, and energy storage.In addition to his position at IIASA, Hunt is also a visiting professor in the postgraduate program in mechanical engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, where he teaches energy storage and supervises master's and doctoral students.
Prior to joining the S3 group, Hunt received a two-year IIASA/CAPES-Brazil research grant to map the global potential for seasonal pumped storage. He joined IIASA from the National Commission for Nuclear Energy (CNEN) in Brazil, developing hybrid nuclear and seawater desalination projects. He also previously worked at the Energy and Climate Change Branch of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Hunt holds a D.Phil in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and a B.Eng degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
Last update: 29 SEP 2021
Publications
Hunt, J. (2018). Seasonal Pumped-Storage: An Integrated Approach for Water, Energy and Land. In: Advanced School on Water, Energy and Food Nexus, 15-26 October 2018, Campinas, Brazil.
Li, C., Filho, W.L., Wang, J., Fudjumdjum, H., Fedoruk, M., Hu, R., Yin, S., Bao, Y., Yu, S., & Hunt, J. (2018). An Analysis of Precipitation Extremes in the Inner Mongolian Plateau: Spatial-Temporal Patterns, Causes, and Implications. Atmosphere 9 e322. 10.3390/atmos9080322.
Hunt, J. , Byers, E. , Riahi, K. , & Langan, S. (2018). Comparison between seasonal pumped-storage and conventional reservoir dams from the water, energy and land nexus perspective. Energy Conversion and Management 166 385-401. 10.1016/j.enconman.2018.04.044.
Hunt, J. , Stilpen, D., & de Freitas, M.A.V. (2018). A review of the causes, impacts and solutions for electricity supply crises in Brazil. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 88 208-222. 10.1016/j.rser.2018.02.030.
Hunt, J. & Leal Filho, W. (2018). Land, Water, and Wind Watershed Cycle: a strategic use of water, land and wind for climate change adaptation. Climatic Change 147 (3-4) 427-439. 10.1007/s10584-018-2164-8.