Ian Fells

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Ian Fells C.B.E., Ph.D., FEng, F.R.I.C., F.Inst.E., F.I.Chem.E., F.R.S.E. is Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and former chairman of the "New and Renewable Energy Centre" at Blyth, Northumberland, England.

Fells was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, then carried out national service in the British army, before studying at Trinity College, Cambridge where he gained a Ph.D. in Reaction Kinetics.

After lecturing at the University of Sheffield he was appointed Reader in Fuel Science at the University of Durham in 1962. He has been Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University since 1975 and has published some 200 papers on a varied range of topics, including:

He was elected Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering in 1979, was president of The Institute of Energy for 1978-79. In 1993 he received the Michael Faraday medal and prize from the Royal Society, and was elected fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1996. He was awarded a CBE in June 2000. He has made over 400 television and radio programmes.

Fells has been science adviser to the World Energy Council and special adviser to select committees of both the House of Lords and the House of Commons as well as serving on several Cabinet and Research Council committees. He is an energy adviser to the European Union and European Parliament, has advised a number of Foreign Governments on energy policy and is a consultant to various multi-national companies.