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Energy Research Expertise
STAFF DIRECTORY 2014/15
Law and Regulations
Unconventionals
Oil and Gas E&P
Subsea
Safety Reliability and Integrity
Environmental Monitoring
Decommissioning
Energy Economics
Renewable Energy
Energy Demand and Efficiency
Energy, Society and Culture
Carbon Capture and Storage
Law and Regulations•Internationallegalinstruments•State-commercialactorrelations•Legislativeandregulatoryframework•Contractualarrangements•Liabilityforharm/damage
Unconventionals•Regulatoryframework•Propertyrights•Hydraulicfracturing•Shaleoil/Shalegas•Tarsands•Tightgassands •Flowassuranceandmaximisingrecovery
Oil and Gas E&P•Exploration•Reservoirmodelling•Maximisingoilrecovery•Subsurfaceimaging•Productionchemistry•Offshorestructures•Flowassurance•Drilling
Subsea•Subseastructuresandmaterials•Subseasensorstechnology•Subseaenvironment,testfacilities, safety and reliability•Offshoregeotechnics•Powersystems •Flowassurancetechnologies
Safety Reliability and Integrity•Ageingassetsandintegritymanagement•Newtechnologiesinextremeenvironments•Reliabilityofrenewableenergyinfrastructure•HumanFactors•Health,safetyandenvironmentalregulation
Environmental Monitoring•Environmentaleffects(Renewables)•Deepoceanlongtermenvironmentalmonitoring•Environmentalimpact•Environmentalremediation
Decommissioning•International,regionalanddomesticlegal and regulatory arrangements•Policy,taxationandinvestment•Decommissioningtechnologies•Environmentalimpact
Carbon Capture and Storage•Carboncaptureandutilization•CO
2 transportation
•Storageandinjection•Environmentalimpactandmeasurement, monitoring and verification•CCSEconomics•Regulatoryframework•Propertyrights•CCSsocialimpactandpublicengagement
Energy Economics•Oilandgaspolicytaxation,licensing and investment•Economicsofmixedenergysolutions•Riskandinvestmentevaluation•Environmentaleconomics
Renewable Energy•Renewableenergysystems•Integration,storage,stability and transmission•Bioenergy•AlternativeFuels•FuelCells•Legalandregulatoryframework
Energy Demand and Efficiency•End-userdemandmodelling•Energyefficiency•Distributionandnetworks•Lowcarbonconstruction
Energy, Society and Culture•Consumerchoiceandbehaviour•Geo-politicsofenergy•Energyandinternationaldevelopment•Socialeconomicimpact•Historiesoftheoil&gasindustry•Oilandgascommunities
Our research capabilities
International legal instruments
DrIreneCouzigou(Energy resources management in International Law)[email protected]
DrDirkHanschel Environmental & energy law; Human Rights law; European law; Comparative constitutional law; International institutional law)[email protected]
State-commercial actor relations
ProfJohnPaterson (Upstream oil and gas law and regulation)[email protected]
Prof Margaret Ross (Dispute resolution; Evidence)[email protected]
Legislative and regulatory framework
DrTakahikoKiso (Energy efficiency; Transportation; Automobile fuel economy; Energy economics; Environmental economics)[email protected]
MsAnne-MichelleSlater(Terrestrial and marine spatial planning law)[email protected]
Mr Scott Styles (Joint operating agreements; Oil and gas contracting)[email protected]
ProfPaulThompson (Offshore windfarms; Marine mammals; Habitats regulations assessments; Population consequences of disturbance; Underwater noise)[email protected]
MrEmreUsenmez (Petroleum taxation; Fiscal analysis)[email protected]
DrAdamWyner (Language logic law software)[email protected]
DrMonicaWaloszyk (Energy markets liberalization; Energy governance; EU competition law; Anti-money laundering regulations) [email protected]
Contractual arrangements
Mr Greg Gordon (Oil & gas contracting; Licensing regimes; Challenges of the maturing province; Access to offshore infrastructure; Offshore health & safety)[email protected]
Prof Margaret Ross (Dispute resolution; Evidence)[email protected]
Mr Scott Styles (Joint operating agreements; Oil and gas contracting)[email protected]
Liability for harm/damage
MrDerekAuchie (Dispute resolution methodology; Choice of law & jurisdiction clauses)[email protected]
Prof Margaret Ross (Dispute resolution; Evidence)[email protected]
LAW AND REGULATIONS
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Regulatory framework
DrAylwinPillai(Environmental regulation; Nature conservation; Renewable energy)[email protected]
Property rights
ProfRoderickPaisley (Onshore and offshore land law)[email protected]
Hydraulic fracturing
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfHowardChandler (Mechanics of solids)[email protected]
DrChristineSands(Models for petroleum engineering and reservoir engineering)[email protected]
Shale oil/Shale gas
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfJamesAnderson(Surface chemistry and catalysis; Carbon capture; Rock-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrStephenBowden (Petroleum geology; Organic geochemistry; Geology)[email protected]
ProfAdrianHartley (Exploration for, and the exploitation of, hydrocarbon reservoirs; Clastic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy; Stratigraphic development of clastic sedimentary successions in Large Igneous Provinces)[email protected]
ProfJohnParnell (Geochemistry; Geofluids; Organic materials; Diagenesis; Bitumens)[email protected]
DrAmerSyed (Viscoelastic behaviour of aqueous polymeric solutions; Thermoporoelasticity of igneous and sedimentary rocks; Stress dependent permeability in soft rocks (eg. coal,shale); Adsorption in porous media)[email protected]
Tar sands
ProfHowardChandler (Mechanics of solids)[email protected]
ProfJohnParnell (Geochemistry; Geofluids; Organic materials; Diagenesis; Bitumens)[email protected]
DrChristineSands (Models for petroleum engineering and reservoir engineering)[email protected]
Tight gas sands
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfAdrianHartley(Exploration for, and the exploitation of, hydrocarbon reservoirs;Clastic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy; Stratigraphic development of clastic sedimentary successions in Large Igneous Provinces)[email protected]
Flow assurance and maximising recovery
DrLateefAkanji(Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfJamesAnderson(Surface chemistry and catalysis; Carbon capture; Rock-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrStephenBowden (Petroleum geology; Organic geochemistry; Geology)[email protected]
UNCONVENTIONALS
OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
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“Our research sees geologists and engineers working closely with economists and legal experts to maximise opportunities”
Exploration
ProfIanAlsop(Geology; Rocks; Structures; Deformation; Sediments)[email protected]
DrClareBond(CO2 storage; Fracturing/unconventional
resources; Fluid flow; Uncertainty assessment; Structural modelling)[email protected]
DrStephenBowden(Petroleum geology; Organic geochemistry; Geology)[email protected]
ProfRobButler(Tectonics; Structural geology; Basin structure; Orogenic belts; Continental deformation)[email protected]
Dr David Cornwell (Tectonics; Seismology; Rifting; Geophysics; Magmatism)[email protected]
DrEnriqueGomez-Rivas (Structural geology; Geofluids; Petroleum geosciences; Rock physics; Faults)[email protected]
ProfAdrianHartley (Exploration for, and the exploitation of, hydrocarbon reservoirs; Clastic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy; Stratigraphic development of clastic sedimentary successions in Large Igneous Provinces)[email protected]
DrDavidHealy (Structural geology; Rock physics; Geomechanics; Petrophysics; Metamorphism)[email protected]
DrMalcolmHole (Mineralogy; Alkaline Volcanism; Volcanology; Volcanic stratigraphy; Geology of Scotland)[email protected]
ProfAndrewHurst [email protected]
Dr David Iacopini (Seismic interpretation; Seismic image processing; Interpretive seismic processing; Structural geology; Basement tectonics)[email protected]
Dr James Ing (Petroleum and mechanical engineering; Nonlinear dynamics with applications in drilling technologies)[email protected]
Prof David Jolley (Palynology; Sedimentary geochemistry; Stratigraphy; Paleoecology; Volcanology)[email protected]
ProfBenKneller (Deep marine sedimentation; Gravity flow processes; Sedimentary effects of climate change; Petroleum geology of deepwater systems)[email protected]
Prof David Macdonald (Tectonics; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Reservoir geology; Petroleum systems)[email protected]
DrDavidMuirhead (Intrusion and petroleum system interactions; Petroleum geology; Organic geochemistry;Formation evaluation techniques; Real-time gas analysis whilst drilling)[email protected]
DrJoyceNeilson (Carbonate sedimentology, diagenesis and reservoir quality; Impact of faulting, fracturing and petroleum filling on reservoir quality)[email protected]
ProfNickRawlinson (Seismic tomography; Earthquakes; Geophysical inverse problems; Plate tectonics; Continental accretion; Seismic interferometry)[email protected]
DrBriceRea (Glacial Geomorphology; Glacial geology; Glaciology; Cryosphere and climate; Glacigenic reservoirs)[email protected]
Dr Matteo Spagnolo (Glacial Geomorphology; GIS and Remote Sensing)[email protected]
ProfRandellStephenson (Lithosphere; Sedimentary basins; Intraplate deformation; Tectonic modelling; International collaboration)[email protected]
DrCharlesWang (Developing applications of precision gravity sensing using quantum technology)[email protected]
ProfAndyWelch (Use of medical imaging technology to study reactive transport in porous and fractured rocks)[email protected]
Reservoir modelling
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
DrMarcusCampbellBannerman (Simulations of complex (porous) flows; Molecular dynamics)[email protected]
DrJeffersonGomes (Modelling and simulation of multiphase flow in porous media; Self-adaptive computational methods)[email protected]
ProfAdrianHartley(Exploration for, and the exploitation of, hydrocarbon reservoirs; Clastic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy; Stratigraphic development of clastic sedimentary successions in Large Igneous Provinces)[email protected]
DrJoyceNeilson (Carbonate sedimentology, diagenesis and reservoir quality; Impact of faulting, fracturing and petroleum filling on reservoir quality)[email protected]
DrColinNorth (Subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir description, prediction, and quantitative modelling)[email protected]
DrChristineSands (Models for petroleum engineering and reservoir engineering)[email protected]
DrAmerSyed (Viscoelastic behaviour of aqueous polymeric solutions; Thermoporoelasticity of igneous and sedimentary rocks; Stress dependent permeability in soft rocks (eg. coal, shale); Adsorption in porous media)[email protected]
Maximising oil recovery
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfDubravkaPokrajac (Environmental hydraulic engineering; Porous media flows; 3D-microscope (MicroCT scanner); Digital pore networks; Multiphase fluid)[email protected]
DrYukieTanino (EOR; Corefloods; Multiphase flow in porous media; Instability and turbulent mixing in stratified pipe flow; Contaminant transport in artificial wetlands)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
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08
OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
Subsurface imaging
Dr David Cornwell (Tectonics; Seismology; Rifting; Geophysics; Magmatism)[email protected]
Dr Luca De Siena (Velocity, attenuation, and scattering tomography; Volcano seismology; Coda and noise interferometry; Computational seismology; Scattering in the heterogeneous Earth)[email protected]
Dr David Iacopini (Seismic interpretation; Seismic image processing; Interpretive seismic processing; Structural geology; Basement tectonics)[email protected]
ProfNickRawlinson (Seismic tomography; Earthquakes; Geophysical inverse problems; Plate tectonics; Continental accretion; Seismic interferometry)[email protected]
ProfRandellStephenson (Lithosphere; Sedimentary basins; Intraplate deformation; Tectonic modelling; International collaboration)[email protected]
Production chemistry
ProfJamesAnderson (Surface chemistry and catalysis; Carbon capture; Rock-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrEvaKrupp (Determination of trace metals (Hg and As) in natural gas and gas products)[email protected]
ProfRichardWells (Catalytic chemistry and solid state spectroscopy; Solid state NMR; Heterogeneous catalysis)[email protected]
Offshore structures
DrAlfredAkisanya (Structural analysis and corrosion studies of CCS pipelines; Structural integrity and asset management; HPHT materials test facilities)[email protected]
DrMajidAleyaasin (Mechanics of offshore structures; Modelling subsea integrity; Modelling renewable energy systems (hydrogen fuel cells and wind) [email protected]
Dr Paul [email protected]
DrPeterHicks (LNG tankers; Solid-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrChristineSands (Models for petroleum engineering and reservoir engineering)[email protected]
Dr Srinivas Sriramula (Offshore structural integrity; Risk and reliability of engineering systems; Multi-scale stochastic mechanics of composites)[email protected]
Flow assurance
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfJamesAnderson (Surface chemistry and catalysis; Carbon capture; Rock-fluid interactions)[email protected]
ProfDubravkaPokrajac (Environmental hydraulic engineering; Porous media flows; 3D-microscope (MicroCT scanner); Digital pore networks; Multiphase fluid)[email protected]
DrYukieTanino (EOR; Corefloods; Multiphase flow in porous media; Instability and turbulent mixing in stratified pipe flow; Contaminant transport in artificial wetlands)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
Drilling
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
DrAlfredAkisanya (Structural analysis and corrosion studies of CCS pipelines; Structural integrity and asset management; HPHT materials test facilities)[email protected]
Dr James Ing (Petroleum and mechanical engineering; Nonlinear dynamics with applications in drilling technologies)[email protected]
ProfEkaterinaPavlovskaia(Nonlinear Dynamics; Non-smooth systems; Riser mechanics and VIV)[email protected]
DrAmerSyed(Viscoelastic behaviour of aqueous polymeric solutions; Thermoporoelasticity of igneous and sedimentary rocks; Stress dependent permeability in soft rocks (eg. coal, shale); Adsorption in porous media)[email protected]
ProfMarianWiercigroch (Theoretical and applied dynamics)[email protected]
Subsea structures and materials
DrAlfredAkisanya (Structural analysis and corrosion studies of CCS pipelines; Structural integrity and asset management; HPHT materials test facilities)[email protected]
DrMajidAleyaasin (Mechanics of offshore structures; Modelling subsea integrity; Modelling renewable energy systems (hydrogen fuel cells and wind) [email protected]
Dr Paul [email protected]
ProfIgorGuz (Composite materials and structures; Advanced novel materials for offshore applications; Solid mechanics; Fracture mechanics; Geomechanics)[email protected]
DrAnaIvanovic (Ground anchorages; Arctic; Fishing gears; Subsea pipelines; Geotechnics)[email protected]
ProfMariaKashtalyan (Lightweight materials and structures; Composite materials and structures; Sandwich structures; Damage and failure analysis; Numerical modelling)[email protected]
DrRichardNeilson (Subsea; Decommissioning; Design; Dynamics/Vibration; Modelling)[email protected]
ProfEkaterinaPavlovskaia (Nonlinear Dynamics; Non-smooth systems; Riser mechanics and VIV)[email protected]
Subsea sensors technology
DrAlistairAllen (Wireless Sensor Networks; Image processing and analysis)[email protected]
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrPaulFernandes (Sustainable management of marine resources; Marine ecology)[email protected]
DrDavidHendry (Electromagnetics for sensing; Sensor electronics)[email protected]
DrAlanJamieson(Biological exploration of the deep sea and associated technology)[email protected]
DrAndrewStarkey (Big data analysis; Predictive monitoring)[email protected]
DrThangaThevar (Elemental analysis; LIBS; Lasers; Non-destructive testing; Holography)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza(CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
DrCharlesWang (Developing applications of precision gravity sensing using quantum technology)[email protected]
ProfJohnWatson (Underwater Holography; Digital Holography; Holographic Displays and 3DTV; Laser Materials Processing; Optical sensing)[email protected]
ProfUrsulaWitte (Bioremediation and monitoring of hydrocarbons in marine environment; Biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in marine sediments; Benthic ecosystem functioning)[email protected]
Subsea environment, test facilities, safety and reliability
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrAnaIvanovic (Ground anchorages; Arctic; Fishing gears; Subsea pipelines; Geotechnics)[email protected]
DrAlanJamieson (Biological exploration of the deep sea and associated technology)[email protected]
Dr Daniel Mayor (Environmental impact; Contamination; CCS; Biology; Acidification)[email protected]
ProfVladimirNikora (Environmental effects of renewable energy infrastructure; Bio-energy)[email protected]
ProfTomO’Donoghue (Wave-seabed interaction; Wave-structure interaction; Wave sediment transport)[email protected]
ProfDubravkaPokrajac (Environmental hydraulic engineering; Porous media flows; 3D-microscope (MicroCT scanner); Digital pore networks; Multiphase fluid)[email protected]
DrBethScott (Bio-physical oceanographic processes)[email protected]
Dr Srinivas Sriramula (Offshore structural integrity; Risk and reliability of engineering systems; Multi-scale stochastic mechanics of composites)[email protected]
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SUBSEA
DrAndrewStarkey (Big data analysis; Predictive monitoring)[email protected]
DrHenryTan (Energy challenges and mechanics; Subsea integrity; Safety and risk management)[email protected]
ProfPaulThompson (Offshore windfarms; Marine mammals; Underwater noise; Population consequences of disturbance; Habitats Regulations Assessments)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
ProfUrsulaWitte (Bioremediation and monitoring of hydrocarbons in marine environment; Biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in marine sediments; Benthic ecosystem functioning)[email protected]
Offshore geotechnics
ProfHowardChandler(Mechanics of solids)[email protected]
DrAnaIvanovic (Ground anchorages; Arctic; Fishing gears; Subsea pipelines; Geotechnics)[email protected]
DrBriceRea (Glacial Geomorphology; Glacial geology; Glaciology; Cryosphere and climate; Glacigenic reservoirs)[email protected]
DrChristineSands (Models for petroleum engineering and reservoir engineering)[email protected]
Power systems
DrKhaledAhmed (Digital control of power electronic systems; Power quality; Off-shore wind energy; Current source converters; DC/DC converters and HVDC)[email protected]
DrMasoodHajian (Power electronics; Renewable energies; HVDC transmission systems; High power DC/DC converters; Electrical motor drives)[email protected]
Prof Dragan Jovcic (Power electronics,HVDC Transmission; Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS); Interconnection of renewable energy; Power system modelling and control)[email protected]
Flow assurance technologies
DrLateefAkanji(Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfJamesAnderson (Surface chemistry and catalysis; Carbon capture; Rock-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrYukieTanino (EOR; Corefloods; Multiphase flow in porous media; Instability and turbulent mixing in stratified pipe flow; Contaminant transport in artificial wetlands)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
Ageing assets and integrity management
DrAlfredAkisanya (Structural analysis and corrosion studies of CCS pipelines; Structural integrity and asset management; HPHT materials test facilities)[email protected]
DrMajidAleyassin (Mechanics of offshore structures; Modelling subsea integrity; Modelling renewable energy systems (hydrogen fuel cells and wind)[email protected]
DrRichardNeilson (Subsea; Decommissioning; Design; Dynamics/Vibration; Modelling)[email protected]
DrPiotrOmenzetter(Wind turbines; Off-shore structures; Structural health monitoring and damage detection; Reliability analysis, Structural dynamics)[email protected]
DrEhudReiter (Natural language generation; Data-to-text; Medical informatics; Language and the world)[email protected]
Dr Srinivas Sriramula (Offshore structural integrity; Risk and reliability of engineering systems; Multi-scale stochastic mechanics of composites)[email protected]
DrAndrewStarkeyBig data analysis; Predictive monitoring)[email protected]
DrHenryTan(Energy challenges and mechanics; Subsea integrity; Safety and risk management)[email protected]
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11–12
SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND INTEGRITY
New technologies in extreme environments
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
DrAlfredAkisanya (Structural analysis and corrosion studies of CCS pipelines; Structural integrity and asset management; HPHT materials test facilities)[email protected]
ProfHowardChandler (Mechanics of solids)[email protected]
ProfIgorGuz (Composite materials and structures; Advanced novel materials for offshore applications; Solid mechanics; Fracture mechanics; Geomechanics)[email protected]
DrPeterHicks (LNG tankers; Solid-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrMohammedImbabi (CO2 hydrates; Useful construction
products from sequestered CO2)
Dr James Ing (Petroleum and mechanical engineering; Nonlinear dynamics with applications in drilling technologies)[email protected]
DrAlanJamieson (Biological exploration of the deep sea and associated technology)[email protected]
ProfMariaKashtalyan (Lightweight materials and structures; Composite materials and structures; Sandwich structures; Damage and failure analysis; Numerical modelling)[email protected]
DrOleksandrMenshykov (Solid mechanics and applied mathematics, Non-linear contact fracture mechanics; Wave propagation; Theory of diffraction; Boundary elements methods; Galerkin methods)[email protected]
DrPiotrOmenzetter (Wind turbines; Off-shore structures; Structural health monitoring and damage detection; Reliability analysis, Structural dynamics)[email protected]
ProfEkaterinaPavlovskaia (Nonlinear Dynamics; Non-smooth systems; Riser mechanics and VIV)[email protected]
DrChristineSands (Models for petroleum engineering and reservoir engineering)[email protected]
ProfMarianWiercigroch (Theoretical and applied dynamics)[email protected]
Reliability of renewable energy infrastructure
DrYakunGuo (Offshore wind energy system;Marine tidal current energy; Nuclear fuel; Hydro power)[email protected]
DrAnaIvanovic (Ground anchorages; Arctic; Fishing gears; Subsea pipelines; Geotechnics)[email protected]
DrPiotrOmenzetter (Wind turbines; Off-shore structures; Structural health monitoring and damage detection; Reliability analysis, Structural dynamics)[email protected]
Dr Srinivas Sriramula (Offshore structural integrity; Risk and reliability of engineering systems; Multi-scale stochastic mechanics of composites)[email protected]
DrHenryTan(Energy challenges and mechanics; Subsea integrity; Safety and risk management)[email protected]
Human Factors
ProfRhonaFlin (Non-technical skills in safety-critical occupations; Organisational safety culture; Safety leadership)[email protected]
DrEhudReiter (Natural language generation; Data-to-text; Medical informatics; Language and the world)[email protected]
Health, safety and environmental regulation
Mr Greg Gordon (Oil and gas contracting; Licensing regimes; Challenges of the maturing province; Access to offshore infrastructure; Offshore health and safety)[email protected]
ProfJohnPaterson (Upstream oil and gas law and regulation)[email protected]
Environmental effects (Renewables)
Dr David Lusseau (Environmental decision support systems; Choice and behaviour; Environmental impact; Sustainability; Social and ecological modelling)[email protected]
DrBethScott (Bio-physical oceanographic processes)[email protected]
ProfPaulThompson (Offshore windfarms; Marine mammals; Underwater noise; Population consequences of disturbance; Habitats Regulations Assessments)[email protected]
Deep ocean long term environmental monitoring
DrAlanJamieson(Biological exploration of the deep sea and associated technology)[email protected]
Environmental impact
ProfLizBaggs(Renewable energy, links with environment and food security)[email protected]
DrLauraColucci-Gray (Sustainability research; Interdisciplinary research; Energy education research)[email protected]
DrEvaKrupp (Determination of trace metals (Hg and As) in natural gas and gas products)[email protected]
Dr Daniel Mayor (Environmental impact; Contamination; CCS; Biology; Acidification)[email protected]
ProfChrisSoulsby(Catchment hydrology; River biogeochemistry; Hydroecology)[email protected]
ProfDoertheTetzlaff(Hydrology; Catchment hydrology; Tracers; Landscape ecology; Hydrological modelling)[email protected]
ProfPaulThompson (Offshore windfarms; Marine mammals; Underwater noise; Population consequences of disturbance; Habitats Regulations Assessments)[email protected]
ProfUrsulaWitte (Bioremediation and monitoring of hydrocarbons in marine environment; Biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in marine sediments; Benthic ecosystem functioning)[email protected]
Environmental remediation
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
ProfDonaldMacPhee (Cement chemistry)[email protected]
ProfUrsulaWitte(Bioremediation and monitoring of hydrocarbons in marine environment; Biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in marine sediments; Benthic ecosystem functioning)[email protected]
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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
International, regional and domestic legal and regulatory arrangements
Mr Greg Gordon (Oil & gas contracting; Licensing regimes; Challenges of the maturing province; Access to offshore infrastructure; Offshore health & safety)[email protected]
ProfJohnPaterson (Upstream oil and gas law and regulation)[email protected]
MrEmreUsenmez (Petroleum taxation; Fiscal analysis)[email protected]
Policy, taxation and investment
ProfAlecKemp(Petroleum economics; Integrated returns to investment in CO
2 capture, transportation and storage;
Economics of CO2-EOR in UKCS)
Decommissioning technologies
DrMajidAleyassin (Mechanics of offshore structures; Modelling subsea integrity; Modelling renewable energy systems (hydrogen fuel cells and wind)[email protected]
ProfFredGlasser(Cements for severe environments; Radioactive and hazardous waste immobilisation; Conversion of carbon dioxide to useful products)[email protected]
ProfDonaldMacPhee (Cement chemistry)[email protected]
DrRichardNeilson (Subsea; Decommissioning; Design; Dynamics/Vibration; Modelling)[email protected]
ProfJanSkakle (Synthesis and characterisation of materials for: carbon capture, solid oxide fuel cells and waste remediation)[email protected]
Environmental impact
DrAlanJamieson (Biological exploration of the deep sea and associated technology)[email protected]
Dr David Lusseau (Environmental decision support systems; Choice and behaviour; Environmental impact; Sustainability; Social and ecological modelling)[email protected]
DrBethScott(Bio-physical oceanographic processes)[email protected]
DECOMMISSIONING
“We have 150 academics researching across the full spectrum of energy related disciplines”
Carbon capture and utilization
ProfJamesAnderson (Surface chemistry and catalysis; Carbon capture; Rock-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrMarcusCampbellBannerman(Simulations of complex (porous) flows; Molecular dynamics)[email protected]
DrJunCheng (Electrochemistry; Catalysis; Modelling processes involved in energy conversion and storage; Electron/proton transfer)[email protected]
DrAngelCuestaCiscar(Fuel-cells electrocatalysis; Water electrolysis Electroreduction of CO
2)
Prof Iain Gibson (Ceramic synthesis and characterisation for applications as functional materials, including medical, electronic and environmental applications; nanoscale materials; ceramic processing and manufacture)[email protected]
ProfFredrikGlasser (Cements for severe environments; Radioactive and hazardous waste immobilisation; Conversion of carbon dioxide to useful products)[email protected]
DrMohammedImbabi (CO2 hydrates; Useful construction
products from sequestered CO2)
DrGuillaumeJauffret (CO2 capture and sequestration as
useful products)[email protected]
ProfJanSkakle (Synthesis and characterisation of materials for: carbon capture, solid oxide fuel cells and waste remediation)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
CO2 transportation
DrAlfredAkisanya (Structural analysis and corrosion studies of CCS pipelines; Structural integrity and asset management; HPHT materials test facilities)[email protected]
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrPeterHicks (LNG tankers; Solid-fluid interactions)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
Storage and injection
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrClareBond (CO2 storage; Fracturing/unconventional
resources; Fluid flow; Uncertainty assessment; Structural modelling)[email protected]
DrStephenBowden(Petroleum geology; Organic geochemistry; Geology)[email protected]
DrMarcusCampbellBannerman(Simulations of complex (porous) flows; Molecular dynamics)[email protected]
Dr David Cornwell (Tectonics; Seismology; Rifting; Geophysics; Magmatism)[email protected]
DrJeffersonGomes (Modelling and simulation of multiphase flow in porous media; Self-adaptive computational methods)[email protected]
DrEnriqueGomez-Rivas (Structural geology; Geofluids; Petroleum geosciences; Rock physics; Faults)[email protected]
DrAstleyHastings (Renewable energy systems; Bioenergy; 2nd generation bioenergy crops; End user demand)[email protected]
ProfJohnHowell (Petroleum geology; Geology; Sedimentalogy; Reservoir simulators)[email protected]
Prof David Macdonald (Tectonics; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Reservoir geology; Petroleum systems)[email protected]
ProfDubravkaPokrajac (Environmental hydraulic engineering; Porous media flows; 3D-microscope (MicroCT scanner); Digital pore networks; Multiphase fluid)[email protected]
DrAmerSyed(Viscoelastic behaviour of aqueous polymeric solutions; Thermoporoelasticity of igneous and sedimentary rocks; Stress dependent permeability in soft rocks (eg. coal, shale); Adsorption in porous media)[email protected]
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CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
DrYukieTanino (EOR; Corefloods; Multiphase flow in porous media; Instability and turbulent mixing in stratified pipe flow; Contaminant transport in artificial wetlands)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
ProfAndyWelch (Use of medical imaging technology to study reactive transport in porous and fractured rocks )[email protected]
Environmental impact and measurement, monitoring and verification
ProfLizBaggs(Renewable energy, links with environment | and food security)[email protected]
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrClareBond (CO2 storage; Fracturing/unconventional
resources; Fluid flow; Uncertainty assessment; Structural modelling)[email protected]
DrStephenBowden(Petroleum geology; Organic geochemistry; Geology)[email protected]
Dr David Cornwell (Tectonics; Seismology; Rifting; Geophysics; Magmatism)[email protected]
DrJeffersonGomes (Modelling and simulation of multiphase flow in porous media; Self-adaptive computational methods)[email protected]
DrAstleyHastings (Renewable energy systems; Bioenergy; 2nd generation bioenergy crops; End user demand)[email protected]
DrDavidHendry(Electromagnetics for sensing; Sensor electronics)[email protected]
ProfJohnHowell (Petroleum geology; Geology; Sedimentalogy; Reservoir simulators)[email protected]
Dr Daniel Mayor (Environmental impact; Contamination; CCS; Biology; Acidification)[email protected]
ProfNickRawlinson (Seismic tomography; Earthquakes; Geophysical inverse problems; Plate tectonics; Continental accretion; Seismic interferometry)[email protected]
ProfPeteSmith (Greenhouse gas mitigation potential; Fossil fuel offsets; Bioenergy (including BECCS) - environmental impact)[email protected]
DrAmerSyed (Viscoelastic behaviour of aqueous polymeric solutions; Thermoporoelasticity of igneous and sedimentary rocks; Stress dependent permeability in soft rocks (eg. coal, shale); Adsorption in porous media)[email protected]
DrYukieTanino (EOR; Corefloods; Multiphase flow in porous media; Instability and turbulent mixing in stratified pipe flow; Contaminant transport in artificial wetlands)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
CCS Economics
DrSolaKasim (CCS value chain economics; Climate change mitigation economics; Natural resources and petroleum economics; Energy in development)[email protected]
ProfAlecKemp (Petroleum economics; Integrated returns to investment in CO
2 capture, transportation and storage;
Economics of CO2-EOR in UKCS)
ProfEuanPhimister(Economic modelling of energy networks; Energy access and energy poverty; Economics of CCS; Economic and econometric modelling)[email protected]
Regulatory framework
Mr Greg Gordon (Oil & gas contracting; Licensing regimes; Challenges of the maturing province; Access to offshore infrastructure; Offshore health & safety)[email protected]
ProfJohnPaterson (Upstream oil and gas law and regulation)[email protected]
DrAylwinPillai(Environmental regulation; Nature conservation; Renewable energy)[email protected]
Property rights
ProfRoderickPaisley (Onshore and offshore land law)[email protected]
CCS social impact and public engagement
DrArnarArnason(Relations to and perceptions of landscape and environment)[email protected]
DrDavidVega-Maza (CO2-mixture thermophysical properties;
Surface-fluid interactions; Sensors; Public engagement)[email protected]
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Oil and gas policy taxation, licensing and investment
DrLateefAkanji(Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
ProfRogerBuckland (Risk and regulation in utilities)[email protected]
DrJohnLamb (Operational research; Optimistation; Statistics; Combinatorics; Mathematical modelling)[email protected]
DrDavidToke (Energy policy; Environmental policy)[email protected]
Economics of mixed energy solutions
DrAntjeBrown (Nuclear energy policy)[email protected]
Risk and investment evaluation
Dr Xin Jin (Energy economics; Applied econometrics)[email protected]
DrAgatheRouaix(Experimental economics; Environmental and energy economics)[email protected]
ProfJosephSwierzbinski(Experimental economics; Environmental and energy economics)[email protected]
MrEmreUsenmez (Petroleum taxation; Fiscal analysis)[email protected]
Environmental economics
Dr Marc Gronwald (Energy economics; Environmental economics; Resource economics; Applied econometrics; Public economics)[email protected]
DrAgatheRouaix (Experimental economics; Environmental and energy economics)[email protected]
DrNikolaosVlassis (Environmental economics; International trade; Public economics)[email protected]
ENERGY ECONOMICS
Renewable energy systems
DrMajidAleyassin (Mechanics of offshore structures; Modelling subsea integrity; Modelling renewable energy systems (hydrogen fuel cells and wind)[email protected]
DrMasoodHajian(Power electronics; Renewable energies; HVDC transmission systems; High power DC/DC converters; Electrical motor drives)[email protected]
Prof Dragan Jovcic (Power electronics, HVDC Transmission; Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS); Interconnection of renewable energy; Power system modelling and control)[email protected]
ProfPaulMitchell (Energy science; Techno-economic assessment; Biomass & bioenergy; Offshore wind; Energy policy and policy instruments)[email protected]
ProfJoSmith (Carbon sequestration; Soil organic matter and nutrient modelling; Greenhouse gas emissions; Small scale anaerobic digestion; Optimising uses of organic wastes in Sub-Saharan Africa)[email protected]
Integration, storage, stability and transmission
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrMuriloBaptista (Stability, resilience, dynamics and collective behaviour of the energy distribution system)[email protected]
RENEWABLE ENERGY
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Bioenergy
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
Dr Davide Dionisi (Innovative processes for bioethanol production; Biological wastewater treatment)[email protected]
DrOliverEbenhoeh(Mathematical models of photosynthesis and the metabolism of photosynthetic organisms; Sustainable biofuel energy)[email protected]
ProfPaulMitchell(Energy science; Techno-economic assessment; Biomass & bioenergy; Offshore wind; Energy policy and policy instruments)[email protected]
Prof David Salt (Energy crops; Second generation biofuels from lignocellulosic feed stock; Genomic tools applied to research into development of new energy crops)[email protected]
ProfPeteSmith (Greenhouse gas mitigation potential; Fossil fuel offsets; Bioenergy (including BECCS) - environmental impact)[email protected]
Alternative Fuels
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
Dr Davide Dionisi (Innovative processes for bioethanol production; Biological wastewater treatment)[email protected]
DrAbbieMclaughlin(Synthesis and characterisation of novel solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes; Photocatalytic perovskites; Rietveld refinement of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data; Magnetic structure determination)[email protected]
Prof David Salt (Energy crops; Second generation biofuels from lignocellulosic feed stock; Genomic tools applied to research into development of new energy crops)[email protected]
Fuel Cells
DrEuanBain (Direct carbon fuel cells; Carbon capture and storage; Corrosion; PEM fuel cells; Biofuel separations)[email protected]
DrAngelCuestaCiscar (Fuel-cells electrocatalysis; Water electrolysis; Electroreduction of CO
2)
DrAbbieMclaughlin (Synthesis and characterisation of novel solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes; Photocatalytic perovskites; Rietveld refinement of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data; Magnetic structure determination)[email protected]
ProfJanSkakle(Synthesis and characterisation of materials for: carbon capture, solid oxide fuel cells and waste remediation)[email protected]
Legal and regulatory framework
ProfPaulMitchell (Energy science; Techno-economic assessment; Biomass & bioenergy; Offshore wind; Energy policy and policy instruments)[email protected]
MsOliviaWoolley (Renewable energy and law)[email protected]
“An approach to working across natural, environmental and technical sciences, economics, law and social sciences is essential”
End-user demand modelling
DrTakahikoKiso (Energy efficiency; Transportation; Automobile fuel economy; Energy economics; Environmental economics)[email protected]
Energy efficiency
DrPeterHicks(LNG tankers; Solid-fluid interactions)[email protected]
Distribution and networks
DrKhaledAhmed (Digital control of power electronic systems; Power quality;Off-shore wind energy; Current source converters; DC/DC converters and HVDC)[email protected]
DrMuriloBaptista (Stability, resilience, dynamics and collective behaviour of power networks)[email protected]
DrMasoodHajian (Power electronics; Renewable energies; HVDC transmission systems; High power DC/DC converters; Electrical motor drives)[email protected]
Prof Dragan Jovcic (Power electronics, HVDC Transmission; Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS); Interconnection of renewable energy; Power system modelling and control)[email protected]
Low carbon construction
DrMohammedImbabi (CO2 hydrates; Useful construction
products from sequestered CO2)
ENERGY DEMAND AND EFFICIENCY
Consumer choice and behaviour
ProfJillianAnable (Transport; Energy and Climate change; Travel behaviour; Policy)[email protected]
DrBrianBrock (Ethics of energy use)[email protected]
DrLauraColucci-Gray (Sustainability research; Interdisciplinary research; Energy education research)[email protected]
Dr Caitlin Cottrill (Transport technology; Data and privacy; Location-based services; Non-motorized travel)[email protected]
DrTakahikoKiso (Energy efficiency; Transportation; Automobile fuel economy; Energy economics; Environmental economics)[email protected]
Prof Catia Montagna (International trade investment; Environmental economics)[email protected]
Geo-politics of energy
DrAntjeBrown (Nuclear Energy Policy)[email protected]
DrKarenSalt (Sustainable energy funding and initiatives in the Caribbean)[email protected]
DrTrevorStack (Politics of Oil & Gas; Citizenship)[email protected]
Energy and international development
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
DrHilaryHomans (Energy for sustainable development)[email protected]
DrKarenSalt(Sustainable energy funding and initiatives in the Caribbean)[email protected]
DrSolaKasim (CCS value chain economics; Climate Change mitigation economics; Natural resources and petroleum economics; Energy in development)[email protected]
Social economic impact
DrJohnBone (Global social change; Economy and society; Identity and social theory)[email protected]
DrClemenceO’[email protected]
Prof Margaret Ross (Dispute resolution; Evidence)[email protected]
DrKarenSalt(Sustainable energy funding and initiatives in the Caribbean)[email protected]
DrRobertWishart (Anthropology)[email protected]
Histories of the oil and gas industry
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
Prof Cairns Craig (History of theories of energy)[email protected]
ProfAlexKemp (Petroleum economics; Integrated returns to investment in CO
2 capture, transportation and storage;
Economics of CO2-EOR in UKCS)
DrRobertWishart (Anthropology)[email protected]
Oil and gas communities
DrLateefAkanji (Hydraulic fracturing; Production optimisation; Drilling fluid characterisation)[email protected]
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