Adam is a Senior Lecturer in Energy Systems in the Centre for Process Systems Engineering, and has extensive experience in modelling systems of energy technologies, energy and climate change consultancy, energy trading, government policy impact assessment, and ICT development.

His key research interest is the methodologies for quantitative assessment of energy systems. Building from engineering fundamentals, his team analyses the technical, economic, security, and environmental aspects of energy system transitions using innovative methods, and then applies these to provide evidence to both engineering and energy policy debates.