Current Activities

Laura Mehigan is a final year PhD Researcher in the Energy Policy and Modelling team in MAREI. Her research focuses on understanding the future shape of electricity systems and more specifically the interplay between decentralization and interconnection as part of the CREDENCE project.

Background

She joined in 2017 having spent the previous 12+ years working in a variety of senior engineering roles with EirGrid, the Irish Transmission System Operator.  She holds a postgraduate diploma in Project Management from Trinity College Dublin and a Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University College Cork.