Staff Profile

I am a Senior Research Associate with the School of Engineering. I currently hold a CDICE Fellowship, lead the GREENGAGE project, and am working with Supergen Energy Networks Hub and MC2 projects.

From October 2022, I will start as a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow. Previously I was Co-I on the CLEARHEADS project (with University of Reading) and with the e4future project with the Turing Institute.

My current research interests are focused on inverter-based interconnection technologies (AC/DC distribution, soft open points etc) and more generally addressing the challenges and opportunities facing energy networks due to electrification of demand and uptake in renewable solar and wind generation technologies. I aim to develop technologies and techniques to enable a future grid which is both highly utilized and resilient.

I received the M.Eng and D.Phil (PhD) degrees in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford in 2015 and 2020, respectively. For the duration of my PhD I held a Clarendon Scholarship.

- Net Zero energy systems
- Hybrid ac/dc power systems
- Resource adequacy and resilience
- Power System Planning and Operations
- Whole Energy Systems Analysis

Stipendiary Lecturer, Christ Church, University of Oxford 2017-2019

- Tutoring first and second year engineering mathematics and electrical engineering modules

• Deakin M, Sarantakos I, Greenwood DM, Bialek JW, Taylor P, Ming W, Patsios H. Hybrid Open Points: an Efficient Tool for Increasing Network Capacity in Distribution Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 2022, 37(2), 1340-1343.
• Sarantakos I, Peker M, Zografou-Barredo N, Deakin M, Patsios C, Sayfutdinov T, Taylor P, Greenwood D. A Robust Mixed-Integer Convex Model for Optimal Scheduling of Integrated Energy Storage – Soft Open Point Devices. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2022, E-Pub ahead of Print.
• Greenwood DM, Deakin M, Sarantakos I, Brayshaw D, Bloomfield H. Capacity Value of Interconnectors for Resource Adequacy Assessment in Multi-Region Systems. In: 2022 17th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS). 2022, Manchester, UK: IEEE. In Press.
• Deakin M, Greenwood D, Taylor PC, Armstrong P, Walker S. Analysis of Network Impacts of Frequency Containment provided by Domestic-Scale Devices using Matrix Factorization. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 2021, 36(6), 5697-5707.
• Deakin M, Bloomfield HC, Greenwood D, Sheehy S, Walker S, Taylor PC. Impacts of Heat Decarbonization on System Adequacy Considering Increased Meteorological Sensitivity. Applied Energy 2021, 298, 117261.
• Deakin M, Sheehy S, Greenwood DM, Walker S, Taylor PC. Calculations of System Adequacy Considering Heat Transition Pathways. In: International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2020). 2020, Liege, Belgium: IEEE.
• Deakin M, Walker S, Taylor PC. Flexibility from Multi-Vector Systems: Beyond LV Network Modelling. In: CIRED 2020 Berlin. 2020.