His current research focuses on the spatial optimisation of offshore renewable energy systems, with particular emphasis on floating offshore wind. His work develops a geospatial methodology that integrates geographic information systems (GIS), environmental datasets, and spatial constraints to identify technically feasible, environmentally responsible, and policy-aligned locations for offshore wind deployment.
The research combines large-scale marine datasets, including wind resources, bathymetry, seabed conditions, marine protected areas, shipping routes, fisheries, and existing offshore infrastructure, to support evidence-based marine spatial planning. By integrating metocean, geological, anthropogenic, and ecological data within a harmonised GIS framework, the research enables transparent comparison and trade-off analysis across competing marine uses.
A key objective of the work is to improve how spatial data are integrated across scales, sectors, and jurisdictions, supporting strategic planning for offshore wind expansion in increasingly congested marine environments. The research contributes to sustainability, renewable energy planning, and offshore engineering, with relevance to policymakers, industry stakeholders, and researchers involved in the global energy transition.
Originally from Malta, he has built up a multidisciplinary research background. Following high school as a United World College Scholar at Changshu China and Atlantic College Wales, he completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) at the University of Southampton in 2024. Here, he focused on finding suitable locations for offshore wind in the Mediterranean, publishing his findings on the European Commission’s EMODnet portal and presenting at Thalassa24 in Cyprus. He specialised in renewable energy technologies at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, prior to his completion of a Master of Science (Structural Engineering) at Imperial College London as a TESS Scholar. Here he researched the environmental impact of metal additive manufacturing (metal 3D printing).
He has returned to the University of Southampton as PhD researcher in 2025, supported by UKRI postgraduate scholarship, and the European Social Fund Plus 2021-2027. His PhD is supervised by Prof. Susan Gourvenec and Dr Hugo Putuhena.