Alycia is a Senior Research Associate in Energy Systems within the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford.
Her research focuses on sustainable and inclusive energy systems design, which accounts for both large-scale economic opportunities and local community needs. She uses mixed-method and multi-disciplinary approaches, combining data-driven spatial analysis and machine learning with nuanced consideration of policy context and stakeholder perspectives. Alycia presently holds a Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship where she is investigating whether value-aligned energy access interventions can be predictively targeted to match local context. She also works with the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) and Strategic Hydrogen Integration for Low-Carbon Development (SHIELD) research programmes.
Her current geographies of focus are Kenya, Zambia, and Ukraine. Alongside her research, she has also taught Oxford undergraduate students in circuit analysis, digital electronics, communication networks, computer vision, signal analysis, project management, and engineering ethics. Alycia completed her DPhil in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar, and her BEng in Electrical Engineering at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
