About APVI

Roger is the Deputy Director of the Monash Energy Institute and Senior Lecturer in Renewable Energy in the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash.  His research focus is on the optimal combinations of different renewable and conventional energy generation and storage technologies to meet the transformation to a low carbon energy system on a continental scale.  He was the founding deputy director of the Melbourne Energy Institute, recently became the Director of Sustainability at Monash, and is the Vice-President of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. Roger also had the pleasure to convene the first hybrid APSRC in 2020.  LinkedIn

Dr Rong Deng completed her Bachelor and PhD in Photovoltaic Engineering at the University of New South Wales. She is an ACAP postdoctoral research fellow, currently leading all PV end-of-life and recycling research activities within ACAP.

Rong is also the Australian Representative on IEA PVPS Task 12 and lectures in Life Cycle Assessment at UNSW. Recently, she has been listed on Forbes 30 under 30 Asia Class of 2022 in the Science and Healthcare category.  LinkedIn

Ken is the Australian Representative on the Executive Committee (ExCo) of the International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Program.  The ExCo meets bi-annually with the Operating Agents for each IEA SHC Task. As Australian ExCo, Ken-ordinates all of Australia’s participation in the IEA SHC program. Ken also works on Task 64; Solar Heat for Industrial Processes.

Ken has 40 years experience in Solar and energy efficiency in the Victorian Public sector and in Consulting. He was Chair of the IEA SHC program from 2014 to 2018 and Chair of the ISO committee on solar energy until 2017.  He chairs the Australian and New Zealand solar heating standards committee CS028 and is currently Managing Director at Sustainable Energy Transformation Pty Ltd.  Linkedin

Linda has more than 20 years’ experience in the energy industry covering a broad range of areas across the entire value chain. Her most recent role is Head of Corporate Partnerships for EnergyLab, a not for profit accelerator organisation for clean energy start-ups. Previously she was Head of Partnerships for Origin Energy in the Future Energy division focused on seeking out new opportunities for technology adoption and collaborative research. Prior to these roles, Linda was Director of Strategic Development at UNSW’s solar research group where she set up industry collaborations and worked on strengthening alumni relations.

Her other roles include; Director Strategic Sales for Meyer Burger/Roth & Rau, VP Business Development for BT Imaging, Business Development Manager for Amonix Inc, and Product development engineer for Astropower Inc. Linda is also currently Director of the APVI, on the board of advisors of Tractile P/L and the Task 1 member for Australia on the IEA PVPS committee. Linda holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the UNSW’s solar research group, an MBA from the AGSM and is a graduate of the Australian Institute for Company Directors.  Linkedin

Marnie Shaw is a Research Leader in the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program and Associate Professor in Engineering at the Australian National University. She was previously convenor of the Energy Efficiency research cluster at the ANU’s Energy Change Institute.  Dr Shaw’s research interests lie in applying data analytics and machine learning to a range of data-rich problems, including the integration of energy storage to support an electricity grid powered by renewables.  LinkedIn

Michelle has over 30 years’ experience in enabling new technologies throughout Australia. She was manager of Intelligent Grid New technology at Energy Queensland from 2008 to 2024, and worked as an Engineer, Manager and Principal Engineer at Ergon Energy from 2000 to 2008, and, prior to that, at UNSW Sydney, Centre for Appropriate Technology and Acer Forester.

Michelle is highly recognised within the renewable and electrical industries for her work with Australian Standards (including AS4509, AS5139 and AS4777.1.), electrical safety, industry and university education and young engineers. She has devised and implemented new programs to enable adoption of new ways to enable technology change within the electricity distribution industry.

Michelle trained as an electrical engineer at UNSW Sydney and, in 2019, was awarded Electrical Engineer of the Year by Engineers Australia. Linkedin

Rebecca is the leader of Solar Energy Application Lab (SEAL) at RMIT University. She is a building and construction scholar working in the subfield of distributed renewable energy. She is particularly known for her research on solar building envelope applications and solar mapping. Rebecca actively represents Australia as an Expert in the International Energy Agency (IEA) collaborative programs: She is the Australian lead in the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) Task 15 Enabling Framework for the Development of Building Integrated PV (BIPV) and the Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (SHC) Task 66 Solar Energy Buildings. She is also a member of the National Mirror Committee for International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems by Standards Australia, represents Australia to the development of an international standard on BIPV.  Linkedin

Co Founder and Chair, Solar Analytics and Professor at UNSW, School of PV and Renewable Energy Engineering. 

Renate is the Australian Representative on the Executive Committee (ExCo) for the PV Power Systems program. The ExCo meets bi-annually with the Operating Agents for each IEA Task. As Australian ExCo, Renate co-ordinates all of Australia’s participation in the IEA PVPS program. 

She has 25 years industry experience in module manufacturing, technology development and innovation, and was Chair of the APVI from 2014 to 2019.  Linkedin

Rob has 20 years’ experience working in the energy sector. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He is also a Senior Consultant at ITP Renewables and Treasurer at ther Australian PV Institute. Rob’s policy research and analysis focus includes renewable energy, distributed generation, energy efficiency and emissions trading. He is especially interested in developing market mechanisms to reduce greenhouse emissions, increase uptake of low emission technologies and drive energy efficiency. In addition, Rob is researching areas such as smart grids, electric vehicles, and technical assessments of low emissions technologies.

Rob has a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours and University Medal) from the University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Science from Murdoch University and PhD from the University of New South Wales.  Linkedin

Igor Skryabin is Research and Business Development Manager and convener of the Hydrogen Economy research cluster of  ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions (ICEDS).

Dr Skryabin’s career has spanned both industry and academia. His major research contribution was in the field of electrochemical PV and electrochromic devices: as a Technology Executive, Dr Skryabin led the technology development programme at  Dyesol’s Ltd. He is a director of several technology start-ups.   Igor’s authored 35+ patents and industrial designs, 100+ research papers.   In their 2010 review of Australian solar patents, Griffith Hack identified Dr Skryabin as the second-most cited Australian solar inventor. He holds MSc in physics, PhD in technical sciences from the Moscow University of Ecological Engineering, MBA from the UC and MIP from UTS. Dr Skryabin represents ANU in the NERA Hydrogen Technology Cluster.  Linkedin