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Dr Asif Tahir (AT) is Associate Professor in Renewable Energy at College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter (UoE). AT has 15 years of experience in the field of nanoarchitecture controlled fabrication of energy materials, theoretical modelling, simulation and device development. AT’s research focus energy material design, sustainable energy generation through cost effective approaches, electrochemical energy storage, thermal energy storage, device characterisation and optimisation of device for high performance. He is involved in several projects funded by Research Council in the UK (1) SUPERGEN Super Solar International and Industrial Engagement fund to develop collaboration with leading researches; (2) Supergen storage –II- Energy storageEP/P003435/1 focused on device development for domestic space heating (3) UKIERI-DST2016-17-0089 focus on solar fuel production by photooxidation of water, (4) EPSRC-GCRFEP/R512801/1 Institutional Sponsorship Award (2016) to establish international collaboration with academics in ODA countries, (5) EU Interreg 2 Seas project, entitled “E2C: Electrons to high value Chemical products” and currently, (6) he is involved as CoI of the EPSRCEP/S030786/1 project on “Advanced building façade design for optimal delivery of end use energy demand” and (7) he is leading 1.6M EPSRC funded projectEP/T025875/1 on “Smart Composite Material for Advanced Building Fenestration to Enhance Energy Efficiency” under EUED-Tech-1 scheme. AT has published 95 peer-reviewed research papers in high impact research journals and one book chapter. His publication has received an overall citation in excess of 4500 and his h-index is 33.