Mary Black

Mary Black is a Senior System Forecasting Engineer at Northern Powergrid, a position held since July 2005, where expertise includes Future Energy Scenarios and Secondary Network Visibility. Previous roles include Specialist Electricity Distribution Engineer, focusing on load-related and non-load related strategic modeling and forecasting, as well as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Manchester, working on energy balancing within the UK electricity generation system. Mary Black's earlier experience includes software engineering at EA Technology LLC, developing software and querying databases for various energy management applications. Educationally, Mary holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing Science from Newcastle University, a PhD in Electricity Distribution Software Decision Support Models from The University of Salford, an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity University, and additional qualifications in substance misuse care and counseling. A foundational education includes A'Levels in Music, History, and English Literature from Boundstone Comprehensive.