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Jianzhong Wu holds the position of Professor of Multi-Vector Energy Systems and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Bath. He was Head of School of Engineering at Cardiff University from 2020 to 2026. Additionally, he serves as a co-Editor-in-Chief of Applied Energy, a prestigious journal with an Impact Factor of 12.2 and a CiteScore of 22.1. The journal also receives over 9.9 million downloads per year.
He is:
- Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre;
- Co-Director of the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Impact Hub;
- Co-Director and WP1 Lead of the Hydrogen Integration for Accelerated Energy Transition (Hi-ACT) Hub;
- Member of the UK Government Taxonomy Energy Working Group;
- Member of the Scottish Power Energy Networks Independent Net Zero Advisory Council;
- Member of the Welsh Government Independent Advisory Group on Future Electricity Grid for Wales;
- Member of the NESO Engineering Advisory Council, and
- Member of the Royal Society Working Group on Thermal Energy Efficiency in Industry.
In June 2008, he joined Cardiff University as a Lecturer and was subsequently promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2013, Reader in 2014, and Professor in 2015. Prior to his appointment at Cardiff, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester from 2006 to 2008.
Prof. Wu specialises in the fields of Smart Grid and Multi-Vector Energy Systems, which encompass integrated energy infrastructures. He is recognised as one of the pioneering researchers who initiated and established the research areas of multi-vector energy systems and Peer-to-Peer energy trading, which have emerged as two crucial areas of energy research worldwide. He has contributed to more than 70 European Commission, the UK research and innovation councils, and industry funded projects as either a Principal Investigator or a Co-Investigator. His research has resulted in over 300 peer-reviewed publications, including 16 Clarivate ESI Highly Cited Papers, and 5 papers published in Nature Journals (Nature Energy, Nature Communications and Nature Scientific Data). Additionally, he has co-authored several books, including “Smart Grid: Technology and Applications” (2012, Wiley), “Smart Electricity Distribution Networks” (2017, CRC) and "The Future of Gas Networks" (2019, Springer).
He is President of the UK Branch of China Electrotechnical Society, Associate Editor-in-Chief of CSEE Journal of Power & Energy Systems, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IET Energy Systems Integration, Director of the International UNiLAB on Synergies between Energy Networks, member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE PES Energy Internet Coordinating Committee and as co-Chair of its annual international conferences, and member-at-large of the IEEE Technical Committee on Carbon Neutrality, which further demonstrate his commitment to advancing research and promoting collaborations in sustainable energy and achieving Net Zero.
Prof Wu is a member of the UK Government Taxonomy Energy Working Group, which provides expert advice to the Government on the development of technical screening criteria (TSC) in the energy sector. He was also invited as a Witness to participate in the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into the role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Northern Powergrid technical panel of ED2 business plan.
He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Energy Institute, and the Learned Society of Wales, and a Chartered Engineer. He was the Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor in Engineering, and is the AI4S Visiting Professor at Cornell University. He is listed among Stanford/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientists and has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2025, one of 186 awardees globally in Engineering.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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