The Committee of Early Career Representatives work to tailor the activities of the Early Career Network.
Dr Abel Arredondo Galeana
University of Strathclyde
Early Career Committee - Lead
Abel is a Lecturer in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering (NAOME) at the University of Strathclyde. His research experience includes experimental flume and tank testing, flow diagnostics using particle image velocimetry (PIV), laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) and acoustic Doppler velocimetry (ADV), and the study of vortical flows.
Prior to his current appointment, Abel worked as a Research Fellow and Research Associate at the University of Strathclyde, where his research focused on offshore renewable energy, very large floating structures (VLFS), hydroelasticity, co-located wave and wind energy, and wave energy devices.
Abel has been an active member of the Supergen ORE community for a number of years. He has been part of the Supergen ORE Hub's core research: Work Package 5 - Very Large Floating Structures for ORE, led by Prof. Feargal Brennan at the University of Strathclyde and has participated in Early Career Forums and Annual Assemblies since 2021.
Dr Yabin Liu
Kings College London
Early Career Committee - Deputy
Yabin Liu is a Lecturer in Engineering in the Department of Engineering, King’s College London.
Yabin’s group focuses on vortex dynamics and advanced flow-control strategies for vortex-induced challenges, including wakes, cavitation, unsteady loading, and noise. The research spans a range of rotor- and wing-based systems, with applications to wind turbines, tidal turbines, propellers, and aircraft wings.
Yabin has recently been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant and holds the highly competitive 1851 Brunel Fellowship (2023–2026). As PI, he has secured approximately £2 million in research funding within five years of completing his PhD.
Dr Fei He
University of Oxford
Early Career Committee - Events Coordinator
Dr. Fei He is a postdoctoral research assistant in the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, working on tidal renewable energy resource assessment.
He completed his PhD at University of Western Australia (2023), following an MSc in Coastal Engineering (2018) and a BSc in Food Science and Engineering (2015).
His research focuses on fluid-structure interaction and environmental fluid mechanics, spanning ground-breaking fundamental studies, showcased by three publications in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, to industry-focused applications in nature-based coastal protection, scour protection and marine renewable energy.
Dr Tim Tang
University of Manchester
Early Career Committee Communications Officer
Tim Tang joined the University of Manchester in 2025 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Fluids Simulation and Digital Twins. Previously, he worked as a Course Director of the Intelligent Earth CDT programme and also as an Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford. He graduated with a BEng from the University of Nottingham. He moved straight to a DPhil at Oxford, publishing 5 journal papers, including three JFMs. He won first place in the Osborne Reynolds Day competition for the UK's best DPhil student in fluid mechanics.
His current research focuses on extreme events in fluid mechanics with an emphasis on machine learning, including data-driven predictions on extreme waves and extreme structural loading, considering leading order physics such as nonlinear wave dynamics and instabilities, breaking waves, and long-short wave interaction. His recent research on Rogue Wave has been showcased in BBC Science Focus.
Daisy McDonnell
Reflex Marine
Early Career Committee Industry Representative
Daisy McDonnell is a Project Manager and Research Analyst at Reflex Marine, working within the offshore renewable energy sector. Her role focuses on managing cross-sector projects that connect research, industry, and policy, with particular experience in floating offshore wind infrastructure and environmental analysis.
As Industry Representative on the Supergen ORE Hub Early Career Committee, Daisy is keen to support collaboration between academia and industry and to help ensure early career professionals working in commercial settings are well represented within the offshore renewables community.
Early Career Featured Profiles
To showcase emerging research and connect people working on similar challenges, we’re inviting early career colleagues to submit a summary of their work that can be shared across our channels. Find out more.
Early Career Online Forum - Registration Open
Our Early Career Network is a supportive community of early career professionals interested in the innovative development of offshore renewable energy.
Following the success of last year’s autumn online forum, we’re bringing the Early Career Network together virtually again. Holding the event online provides an alternative to the in-person Forum held every Spring, removing the barriers associated with travel
The Forum programme will combine presentations, networking and discussion, exploring developments across research and industry, with opportunities for multidisciplinary, cross-sector discussion of emerging innovation
Find out more and register to join the Forum here.
📍 Online
📅 Thursday 5 November 2026
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Early Career LinkedIn Group
The Committee invite you to stay in touch via a new LinkedIn group. We'd like to use this platform as an informal space to connect and share innovative work — we'd love to have you there! Join here.
Feedback and Contact Details
We would like to encourage you to email the committee with any concerns or comments you would like us to bring up to the Supergen ORE Hub management board. Send a email with the subject line Attn: Early Career Committee to:
- supergenorehub@eng.ox.ac.uk
