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Jim Sorensen
Jim Sorensen
Director of Subsurface R&D
  • EMAIL ME

  • Reservoir characterization and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in unconventional tight oil formations, CO2 utilization and storage in geologic formations, tight oil resource assessment and development
Josh Stanislowski
Josh Stanislowski
Director of Energy Systems Development
  • EMAIL ME

  • Gasification systems technologies, combustion systems technologies, CO2 capture technologies, membrane separation systems, hydrogen technologies, process modeling using Aspen software
Jay Almlie
Jay Almlie
Principal Engineer; Mid/Downstream Oil & Gas Group Lead
  • EMAIL ME

  • Pipeline leak detection, pipeline leak prevention, oil and gas production optimization, gathering pipelines operations, oilfield TENORM waste management, industrial hydrogen production
Jay Almlie
Scott Ayash
Assistant Director for Research Management
  • EMAIL ME

  • Research management, project management, risk management, risk assessment, oil and gas research, CO2 storage
Nick Bosshart
Nick Bosshart
Principal Geoscientist
  • EMAIL ME

  • Geologic characterization; geostatistics; geologic modeling and simulation; unconventional reservoirs; produced water disposal; enhanced oil recovery; deep saline formation CO2 storage; CO2 storage risk management; monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA)
Tyler Curran
Tyler Curran
Assistant Director for Design and Operations
  • EMAIL ME

  • Fluidized systems, combustion and gasification systems, pressurized systems, refractory materials, process design and modeling, mechanical design, hydrogen fuel cells, separation membranes, precision machining and manufacturing processes
John Hamling
John Hamling
Assistant Director for Integrated Projects
  • EMAIL ME

  • Geologic CO2 utilization and improved oil recovery in conventional and unconventional oil plays, reservoir characterization and surveillance
Steve Hawthorne, Ph.D.
Steve Hawthorne, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scientist
  • EMAIL ME

  • High-pressure fluids, supercritical fluids, superheated fluids
John Kay
John Kay
Principal Engineer; Emissions and Carbon Capture Group Lead
  • EMAIL ME

  • Carbon management, emissions, CO2 capture solvents, pilot plant testing, flue gas sampling
Beth Kurz
Beth Kurz
Assistant Director for Integrated Analytical Solutions
  • EMAIL ME

  • Geologic characterization, produced water management, subsurface brine disposal, assessment of high-value materials in coal and produced brine, resource management; high-temperature corrosion and materials, materials science, rare-earth elements (REEs)
Jason Laumb
Jason Laumb
Assistant Director for Advanced Energy Systems
  • EMAIL ME

  • Biomass and fossil fuel conversion, trace element emissions and control for fossil fuel combustion systems, design and fabrication of bench- and pilot-scale combustion and gasification equipment
Neil Wildgust
Neil Wildgust
Assistant Director for Geoscience and Engineering
  • EMAIL ME

  • Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); enhanced oil recovery (EOR), hydrogeology and contaminated land assessment, mining and industrial minerals
Chad Wocken
Chad Wocken
Assistant Director for Transformational Energy
  • EMAIL ME

  • Oil and gas processing, alternative and renewable fuels development, process optimization

 

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Nikki Massmann
Nikki Massmann
Director of Communications
  • EMAIL ME

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