Oxford 9 October 2020
Appointment of Nick Molden as Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London
Emissions Analytics and Imperial College London are pleased to announce the appointment from 14 September 2020 of Nick Molden as an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering.
Nick Molden is the founder of Emissions Analytics (www.emissionsanalytics.com), a company that pioneered the use of real-world, on-road testing of vehicles to understand their actual levels of pollutant and carbon dioxide emissions. Through the largest programme of independent testing so far conducted, it became possible to understand the true background to and consequences of the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal.
This appointment to Honorary Research Fellow will lead to an increased number of research studies utilising Emissions Analytics’ extensive emissions database. In parallel, new innovative test methodologies will be developed in collaboration, in particular around the study of non-exhaust emissions, which has become a policy priority as vehicles become ever heavier.
Professor Washington Ochieng, Head of the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London, says: “Nick has been collaborating with Imperial for many years on research and teaching around real-world emissions from transport, and this appointment reflects a commitment on both sides to expand and deepen that work.”
Nick Molden says: “Transportation and its emissions is at a crucial juncture with the new challenges being thrown up by electrification, while almost all vehicles on the road remain traditional internal combustion engines. Understanding real-world performance of both is crucial to developing the best solutions and most effective policy.”
Nick Molden is also co-founder of the not-for-profit AIR Alliance (www.airindex), which has a mission to put real-world ratings into the hands of vehicle buyers and to influence policy that can bring about cleaner air and lower greenhouse gas emissions. As chairman of two European CEN Workshops (www.cen.eu), Nick has been instrumental in developing new standards for real-world emissions and air quality.
Nick Molden is a graduate of Christ Church, University of Oxford, with a Masters in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
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