Julian Hunt

Research Scholar

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group

Energy, Climate, and Environment Program

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

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Hunt, J. , Falchetta, G., Zakeri, B. , Nascimento, A., Schneider, P.S., Weber, N.A.B., Mesquita, A.L.A., Barbosa, P.S.F., & de Castro, N.J. (2023). Hydropower impact on the river flow of a humid regional climate. In: Advances in Hydropower Systems. Eds. Perera, A., Rieu-Clark, A., Hunt, J. , Neupane, B., & Chuphal, D.S., pp. 291-312 Scientific Research Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64997-604-8

Sridharan, V., Broad, O., Shivakumar, A., Howells, M., Boehlert, B., Groves, D.G., Rogner, H. , Taliotis, C., Neumann, J., Strzepek, K., Lempert, R., Joyce, B., Huber-Lee, A., & Cervigni, R. (2023). Resilience Of The Eastern African Electricity Sector To Climate Driven Changes In Hydropower Generation. In: Advances in Hydropower Systems. Eds. Perera, A., Rieu-Clark, A., Hunt, J. , Neupane, B., & Chuphal, D.S., pp. 451-471 Scientific Research Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64997-604-8

Hunt, J. , Zakeri, B. , Jurasz, J., Tong, W., Dabek, P., Brandao, R., Patro, E.R., Durin, B., Filho, W.L., Wada, Y. , van Ruijven, B. , & Riahi, K. (2023). Underground Gravity Energy Storage: A Solution for Long-Term Energy Storage. Energies 16 (2) e825. 10.3390/en16020825.

Leal Filho, W., Platje, J.J., Eustachio, J.H.P.P., & Hunt, J. (2023). Collateral Damage: War in Ukraine Endangers Food Security in Africa. In: SDGs in the European Region. Eds. Leal Filho, W., Dinis, M.A.P., Moggi, S., Price, E., & Hope, A., pp. 1-8 Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-91261-1 10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1_105-1.

Đurin, B., Kranjčić, N., Kanga, S., Singh, S.K., Sakač, N., Pham, Q.B., Hunt, J. , Dogančić, D., & Di Nunno, F. (2022). Application of rescaled adjusted partial sums (RAPS) method in hydrology-an overview. Advances in Civil and Architectural Engineering 58-72. 10.13167/2022.25.6.