Faculty and Industry Experts
Here at the Iceland School of Energy, seasoned industry experts from various disciplines within the energy sector along with academic staff at Reykjavik University all provide students with a rich and diverse learning environment.
Faculty and industry experts teaching at ISE
Ágúst Valfells
Dean, Department of Engineering
Subject field: Plasma and beam physics, energy transport carriers, optimal geothermal applications.
Andri Gunnarsson
Visiting Lecturer
Subject field: Climate and hydro-geology, project management.
Ármann Gylfason
Associate Professor
Subject field: Wind power, aerospace engineering, and modelling.
Ásbjörg Kristinsdóttir
Visiting Lecturer
Subject field: Hydro power management, portfolio management.
Bjarni Gautason
ÍSOR
David McNamara
Visiting Lecturer
Subject field: Energy geology.
Dominic Scott
Visiting Lecturer and Senior Advisor at Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Subject field: Energy economics and policy.
Einar Jón Ásbjörnsson
Assistant Professor
Subject field: Fluid mechanics and heat transfer, hydraulics, metallurgy and metal processes, sustainable systems.
Ewa R. L. Carlson
Assistant Professor and Director of PhD Programmes in Business
Subject field: Energy markets, specifically in the Nordics.
Friðrik Már Baldursson
Professor
Subject field: Energy economics, energy markets, applied game theory, managerial economics.
Guðrún Sævarsdóttir
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering
Subject field: Thermodynamics, process engineering, heat transport, thermal plasmas, and electric arcs.
Halla Hrund Logadottir
Visiting Lecturer
Subject field: Energy and climate policy innovation, arctic policy.
Hlynur Stefánsson
Associate Professor
Subject field: Models for optimisation of strategies for sustainable utilisation of geothermal resources.
John O'Sullivan
University of Auckland
Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering
Kári Hreinsson
Veitur
Subject field: Electricity supply
Kjartan Rolf Árnason
RARIK
Subject field: Technical department
María Sigríður Guðjónsdóttir
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering
Subject field: Power plant engineering, geothermal reservoir engineering.
Páll Jensson
Professor
Subject field: Operations research, energy financial assessments, project finance, applied engineering.
Páll Valdimarsson
Adjunct Professor
Department of Engineering
Subject field: Thermal engineering and thermo-economics, especially in geothermal flash and binary plant process and cycle design. Waste heat recovery and process integration. District heating and co-generation of heat and power.
Ragnar Kristjánsson
Assistant Professor
Subject field: Electrical engineering, power systems, and smart grids.
Samuel Perkin
Adjunct Professor and Systems Operations Specialist at Landsnet
Subject field: Power systems, smart grids, and evolutionary algorithms.
William Harvey
Visiting Professor
Department of Engineering
Subject field: Geothermal flash and binary plant design. Non-condensable gas handling and treatment systems. Power project execution in the developing world.