Dr Rory Monaghan is the Associate Professor of Energy Systems Engineering at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway). He is the Lead Investigator of the Energy Research Centre in the NUI Galway Ryan Institute, and a Funded Investigator in MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine. Rory leads the Energy Systems Integration (Erin) Group at NUI Galway, which focuses on the modelling and optimisation of sustainable and renewable energy value chains, including green hydrogen carbon capture, utilisation and storage, and bioenergy. Rory was awarded a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from NUI Galway in 2002, and Masters and PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2005 and 2010, respectively.