Tristan Smith
Research Associate

Tristan Smith is a researcher at the UCL Energy Institute. His research group's work involves using data, modelling and analysis of the shipping industry in order to understand how the sector could transition to be less carbon intensive. He has interests both in how policy can be designed to achieve that transition in the most cost-effective manner, and how the industry can incorporate an understanding of risks such as GHG regulation and volatile and high energy costs into their strategic planning. He is part of the UK government and industry funded consortium Low Carbon Shipping - A Systems Approach.

Tristan has degrees in engineering and naval architecture and before returning to research, worked as a naval architect in the UK defence industry. The common thread through his career to date has been the development of complex models, accurate measurements and rigorous assumptions in order to improve understanding of real world problems.