Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor is the Professor, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Bath. His research focuses on energy systems, power distribution engineering, and climate change mitigation. He leads the Supergen Energy Networks Hub Renewal project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), exploring energy storage systems and grid resilience.

Key research interests include smart grids, renewable integration, and weather impacts on power infrastructure. Recent work addresses extreme weather effects on UK distribution grids, electric vehicle charging strategies, and lightning strike mitigation in power systems. He has published extensively on energy storage optimization, multi-energy systems, and grid resilience under climate change scenarios.

Notable contributions include developing preemptive EV charging frameworks and probabilistic models for outage prediction. His projects often involve interdisciplinary collaboration, combining engineering, data science, and policy analysis. Current initiatives emphasize net-zero transitions and cross-border energy interconnector stress analysis.

He holds a leadership role in advancing UK energy infrastructure through strategic research and innovation programs. Collaborations span academic, industrial, and government sectors to address systemic challenges in decarbonization and grid reliability.