Mark Howells is jointly appointed at Loughborough University and Imperial College, London and focuses his work on Climate Compatible Growth (CCG). He led the development of some of the world's premier open source energy, resource, and spatial electrification planning tools; published in Nature Journals; coordinated the European Commission's think tank for Energy; and is a key contributor to the Open Tools Integrated Modelling and Upskilling for Sustainable-Development (OpTIMUS) community of practice that aims to improve the rigor, ease of use and ecosystem needed to improve evidence-based policy making.