Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory
Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory

Our people

We are a vibrant group of academics and researchers that specialises in various themes of electric power engineering.

Dr Abhinav Kumar Singh BTech, PhD, MIEEE, AFHEA

Lecturer in Electrical/Electronic Pwr Sy

Research interests

  • Power system dynamics
  • Power system estimation and control
  • Large-scale integration of renewables

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Abhinav Kumar

Email: A.K.Singh@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2025

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Dr Alexander Daykin-Iliopoulos

Senior Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Alexander

Email: Alexander.Daykin-Iliopoulos@soton.ac.uk

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Mr Angelos Nikolopoulos

Connect with Angelos

Email: A.R.Nikolopoulos@soton.ac.uk

Dr George Callender

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • HV Cable Systems
  • FEA Simulations
  • Partial Discharge

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with George

Email: G.M.Callender@soton.ac.uk

Professor George Chen

Professor

Research interests

  • Electrical insulation and dielectrics;
  • Space charge measurement and interpretation for dielectric performance improvements.
Connect with George

Email: gc@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5166

Dr Huajie Yi

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Power assets condition monitoring, assessment and management
  • Power assets data analysis
Connect with Huajie

Email: H.Yi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7894

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Dr Ian Hosier PhD

Research Fellow-High Voltage Plant

Research interests

  • Dielectric materials
  • Ageing
  • Morphology
Connect with Ian

Email: ilh@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Igor Golosnoy

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Research interests include numerical modelling of various coupled electrical, thermal and mechanical phenomena with emphasis on free and moving boundaries problems: gaseous discharges and arcs; electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, e.g. Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Gridded Ion Engines, Hollow Cathodes; lightning strikes damage in aircrafts and wind turbines; eddy currents in electrical machines; oil and dust migrations in transformers; gas flow and heat exchange in fibre network materials; heat transfer, sintering and residual stresses in various coatings; transient liquid phase bonding technique; plastic deformation of multilayer materials and structures; laser drilling and surface modification of metals and composites.
Connect with Igor

Email: I.Golosnoy@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7694

Dr Istebreq Saeedi

Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Eng

Research interests

  • Dielectric materials
  • Green insulations
  • Polymer physics and chemistry

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Istebreq

Email: I.A.H.Saeedi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3917

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Miss Jing Nan

Research interests

  • DC switching: HVDC circuit breakers, LC commutator based Circuit breaker
  • Arc phenomena: interruption and re-ignition, dielectric breakdown 
  • Arc simulation: plasma modeling and arc sheath modeling 
Connect with Jing

Email: jn1n19@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +4407419771803

Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory staff

These are the key staff involved in the running of the laboratories.

Charles Reed: High Voltage Test Engineer. Email: c.p.reed@soton.ac.uk 

Alan Welford: TDHVL Technician. Email: a.welford@soton.ac.uk

Elizabeth Tillotson: High Voltage Laboratory Administrator. Email: ekt@soton.ac.uk