Roger Dargaville

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Assoc. Prof. Roger Dargaville is an expert in energy systems and climate change. Roger specialises in large-scale energy system transition optimisation, and novel energy storage technologies such as seawater pumped hydro and liquid air energy storage. He has conducted research in global carbon cycle science, simulating the emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel and exchanges between the atmosphere, land and oceans as well as stratospheric ozone depletion.

Roger leads a research group of PhD and Masters students working on a diverse range of energy related topics including disruptive business models, EROI, transmission systems, bioenergy, wave energy and high penetration rooftop photovoltaics systems.

Roger completed his undergraduate and PhD at the University of Melbourne, as well as a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching. He has worked at Monash University, the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA) and at the Centre nationale de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) at UNESCO and the International Energy Agency.

Experience

• 2017–present Senior Lecturer, Monash University
• 2013–2017 Deputy Director, Melbourne Energy Institute
• 2008–2013 Research Fellow, Melbourne University
• 2007–2008 Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency, Paris, France
• 2005–2007 Consultant, UNESCO
• 2002–2005 Visiting Scientist, CNRS/CEA, France
• 2000–2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA

Education

• 2000
  University of Melbourne, PhD
• 1992
  University of Melbourne, BSc (Hons)

Research Areas

• Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) (039901)
• Climatology (Excl. Climate Change Processes) (040105)
• Renewable Power And Energy Systems Engineering (Excl. Solar Cells) (090608)

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