OUR PROJECTS & TEAM
SMILE is researching eleven innovative geo-energies projects thanks to eleven doctoral candidates that have the guidance and support of researchers and companies around Europe.
DC1-PhD: Experimental investigation of the coupled THMC response of the caprock to CO2 injection in a pilot test site
The objective of this project is to monitor, analyze, and interpret the interaction between injected CO2 and the target facies in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory. This includes studying changes in temperature, pressure, and deformation using…
DC2-PhD: Quantitative ground deformation monitoring based on advanced DInSAR techniques
The objective of this project is to assess the performance of current DInSAR techniques and characterize their error sources. The project aims to estimate the sensitivity of DInSAR to deformation and evaluate the precision level achievable through…
DC3-PhD: New methodology of tracking underground injection from CO2 storage, geothermal and other types of underground injection
The objective of this project is to develop and test a seismic interferometry method for tracking injected fluids in underground reservoirs. Currently, passive seismic monitoring and active seismic surveys are used to detect induced seismicity and…
DC4-PhD: Exploring coupled THMC processes occurring in the caprock in highly instrumented sites
The objective of this project is to identify and classify the factors that control the behavior of injected or migrated CO2. This includes analyzing case study results from the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory and studying large-scale natural CO2…
DC5-PhD: Reducing the uncertainty on subsurface heterogeneity from microseismic and geodetic data
The objective of this project is to develop a THMC (Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical) characterization methodology that reduces uncertainty regarding subsurface heterogeneity and identifies faults that may induce seismicity. The project aims to…
OUR TEAM
Researchers
Víctor Vilarrasa
He is a tenured scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and member of the Young Academy of Spain and the Global Young Academy…
Oriol Montserrat
He is Head of the Remote Sensing Department at CTTC. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Science and Technology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia…
Michele Crosetto
He is head of the Geomatics Division at CTTC and holds a doctorate in Topographic and Geodesic Sciences from Politecnico di Milano (1998). He…
Laura Blanco Martin
She is a mining and civil engineer by training, specialized in energy and underground engineering & management. After a PhD on passive rock…
Philip Ringrose
He is a Specialist in reservoir geoscience at Equinor and Adjunct Professor in CO2 Storage at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He…
Carl Fredrik Berg
He holds a Ph.D. in algebra from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2006. He has worked as a lecturer at NTNU, a reservoir…
Eugenio Realini
He focused his research on the use of low-cost GNSS receivers since his PhD studies at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), co-founding and developing the…
Leo Eisner
He is founder and president of seismic service company Seimik s.r.o. He spent six years as a Senior Research Scientist with Cambridge Schlumberger…
Christopher McDermott
He has worked both in industry and academia, in a science role, a consultant’s role and a manager’s role in international multidisciplinary science…
Alba Zapone
Alba Zapone She is a specialist in rock physics currently working at the Earth Science Department of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She is also affiliated…
Claudio Madonna
His expertise is in rock deformation, with a focus on elastic wave properties, thermo-hydro-mechanical processes, rock rheology and microstructural…
Antonio Pio Rinaldi
He is senior scientist at Swiss Seismological Service, ETHG Zurich. His research focuses on numerical modeling of induced seismicity and coupled…
Tazio Strozzi
GAMMA He holds a M.S. degree (1993) and Ph.D. degree (1996) in physics from the University of Bern, Switzerland, for his experimental and…
Katja C. Schulze
She is Subject Matter Expert (SME) Geoscience at Craytive Technologies. She is involved in developing the extended reality (XR) platform BaselineZ,…
Sebastià Olivella
He is full professor at School of Civil Engineering (UPC). He graduated as Civil Enginyeer in 1987, did a Postgraduate course in Groundwater…
Hana Čížková
She is head of the Department of Geophysics and guarantor of PhD program Physics of the Earth and Planets at Charles University. She has a PhD in…
Emad Jahangir
Emad Jahangir has obtained his PhD on soil-structure interaction at Lorraine university (Geology and Mining school of Nancy). He has joined the…
Advisory Board
Sebastian Geiger
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Geiger, FREng, FRSE, is the Professor of Sustainable Geoenergy and Energi Simulation Chair at the Department of Geoscience and…
Jonny Rutqvist
Dr. Jonny Rutqvist is a Senior Scientist and Head of Hydrogeology Department, Energy Geosciences Division, at the Lawrence Berkeley National…
Inga Berre
Inga Berre is professor at the Department of Mathematics and director of the Center for Modeling of Coupled Subsurface Dynamics (CSD) at the…
Doctoral Candidates
Mateja Macut
DC6 – Use of Invasion Percolation methods to model gravity segregation in CO2/HC/brine systems Norwegian University of Science and Technology…
Tae Kwon Yun
DC4 – Exploring coupled THMC processes occurring in the caprock in highly instrumented sites Norwegian University of Science and Technology He…
Paula Olea
DC2-Quantitative ground deformation monitoring based on advanced DInSAR techniques Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) Paula…
Ümit Koç
DC1 – Experimental investigation of the coupled THMC response of the caprock to CO2 injection in a pilot test site Mines Paris – PSL (Paris Sciences…
Prescelli Annan
DC11-PhD: The aid of laboratory in the characterisation of caprock/reservoir CO2 storage geological formations ETH Zürich Prescelli recently…
Tian Guo
DC5-PhD: Reducing the uncertainty on subsurface heterogeneity from microseismic and geodetic data CSIC Tian Guo is a PhD candidate from China. She…
Oleh Kalinichenko
DC3-PhD: New methodology of tracking underground injection from CO2 storage, geothermal and other types of underground injection Seismik He is a PhD…
Osmari Aponte
DC10-PhD: Automated analysis of ground deformation time series GReD She is a Geophysical Engineer graduated from Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela…
Maria C. Ramlie
DC9-PhD: Advanced Persistent Scattered Interferometry (PSI) techniques for ground motion monitoring Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de…
Anas Sidahmed
DC8-PhD: Simulation of thermal, hydraulic and mechanical stress distribution in heterogeneous layered reservoirs The University of Edinburgh Anas…
Khashayar Khezri
DC7-PhD: Dynamic fracturing in a THM framework: Upscaling applications to geo-energy production and induced seismicity Mines Paris – PSL (Paris…
Doctoral Candidates
Víctor Vilarrasa
He is a tenured scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and member of the Young Academy of Spain and the Global Young Academy…
Oriol Montserrat
He is Head of the Remote Sensing Department at CTTC. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Science and Technology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia…
Michele Crosetto
He is head of the Geomatics Division at CTTC and holds a doctorate in Topographic and Geodesic Sciences from Politecnico di Milano (1998). He…
Laura Blanco Martin
She is a mining and civil engineer by training, specialized in energy and underground engineering & management. After a PhD on passive rock…
Philip Ringrose
He is a Specialist in reservoir geoscience at Equinor and Adjunct Professor in CO2 Storage at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He…
Carl Fredrik Berg
He holds a Ph.D. in algebra from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2006. He has worked as a lecturer at NTNU, a reservoir…
Eugenio Realini
He focused his research on the use of low-cost GNSS receivers since his PhD studies at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), co-founding and developing the…
Leo Eisner
He is founder and president of seismic service company Seimik s.r.o. He spent six years as a Senior Research Scientist with Cambridge Schlumberger…
Alba Zapone
Alba Zapone She is a specialist in rock physics currently working at the Earth Science Department of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She is also affiliated…
Claudio Madonna
His expertise is in rock deformation, with a focus on elastic wave properties, thermo-hydro-mechanical processes, rock rheology and microstructural…
Antonio Pio Rinaldi
He is senior scientist at Swiss Seismological Service, ETHG Zurich. His research focuses on numerical modeling of induced seismicity and coupled…
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