The Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program is led by Professor Lachlan Blackhall and a team of seven research and professional staff collectively known as the Leadership Group. The Leadership Group meets regularly to drive the strategic direction for the program.
The Leadership Group
Professor Lachlan Blackhall
Professor Lachlan Blackhall is Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University. Professor Blackhall has more than fifteen years of experience in the energy sector encompassing senior leadership roles in research and development, industry, and in the policy and regulatory domains. Professor Blackhall is best known for his work to support the uptake and integration of renewable and distributed energy generation and storage into modern energy systems. This has included world-first capabilities to monitor, optimise and control distributed energy resources and integrate them with system and network operators.
Associate Professor Kim Blackmore
Associate Professor Kim Blackmore is a Senior Fellow in the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at ANU. Kim enjoys the richness of collaborating across disciplines to address complex systems challenges. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Member of Engineers Australia. In recent times Kim has been exploring the lens of cybernetics, and how systems thinking can be deployed in pursuit of decarbonisation and sustainability.
Associate Professor Alexey Glushenkov
Alexey M. Glushenkov is an Associate Professor in the Research School of Chemistry and a Research Lead in Battery Materials in the ANU Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, a joint initiative with the Research School of Engineering.
Laura Jones
Laura is an experienced innovator and engineer with a demonstrated history of working across multiple industries and has been central to delivering on large customer-focussed projects such as Bruny Island Battery Trial. She has had a diverse work history spanning field testing, power system analysis, planning, innovation, and most recently economics & business models.
Heather Logie
Heather Logie is the Chief Operations Officer within the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program where she is responsible for the operational management and strategic growth of the program. Previously, Heather has operated as an independent contractor providing support to large renewables projects and non-profit organisations. Prior to this she held a number of senior positions in the Australian Public Sector.
Josh Vote
Josh has been developing software professionally since 2006 in both academic and industry settings. HIs experience ranges from embedded devices to cloud computing and everything in between. He is a proponent of building robust infrastructure and teams and building things that make people’s lives a little easier.
Phillipa Watson
Dr Phillipa Watson is a Research Fellow investigating social aspects of energy transitions. She works/has worked to facilitate sustainable change in built environments, energy use and in the community for over 25 years, integrating transitions, housing, energy and design understanding with social and environmental foci.
Alix Ziebell
Alix Ziebell is Engagement and Impact Lead focused on connecting BSGIP’s work with broad applications, opportunities and collaborations. Alix is a seasoned policy professional with diverse experience in government, not-for-profits, and private enterprise in Australia and internationally, particularly focused on system transformation at the leading edge.