GEG Group Members

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Chair

Prof. Dr. Martin O. Saar
saarm@ethz.ch
Geothermal Energy and Geofluids Research

NO F 51.2

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich

+41 44 632 3465

Admin, IT & Technical Staff

Dominique Ballarin Dolfin
(admin, IT)
started 1.1.2015
ballarin@ethz.ch
+41 44 632 3465

NO F 53

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich

Nils Knornschild (Politechniker)
started 1.12.2015
knnils@ethz.ch
+41 44 633 8951

NW B 86

Clausiusstrasse 25

CH-8092 Zurich

Senior Researchers (Oberassistenten)

Dr. Xiang-Zhao Kong
started 1.1.2015
xkong@ethz.ch
Flow and transport in subsurface

NO F 57

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 5586

Dr. Allan Leal
started 1.9.2015
allan.leal@erdw.ethz.ch
Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation – Ambizione

NO F 57

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 44 633 2521

Dr. Xiaodong Ma
started 1.1.2018
xiama@ethz.ch
Senior Research Assistant with the SCCER-SoE, associated with the GEG Group

NO F 27

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 8175

Dr. Friedemann Samrock
started 1.3.2015
fsamrock@ethz.ch
Geothermal Exploration, Magnetotellurics

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 6818

Dr. Daniel Vogler
started 1.9.2016
davogler@ethz.ch
Spallation Drilling,
Hydraulic Fracturing

NO F 45

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 8059

Postdocs

Dr. Benjamin Adams
started 1.1.2018
badams@ethz.ch
carbon-sequestration,
geothermal energy production

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 8903

Dr. Daniel Birdsell
started 16.11.2018
danielbi@ethz.ch
ERC Geothermica Heatstore

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 4710

Mahmoud Hefny
started 1.9.2018
mhefny@ethz.ch

NO E 17

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich

Dr. Svetlana Kyas
started 1.12.2018
matcules@ethz.ch
Reaktoro as the Chemical Reaction Solver in Shell’s Reservoir Simulator

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 2751

Pierre Léard
starting 1.12.2020
pleard@ethz.ch

NO F 45

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 8059

Dr. Jan Niederau
started 1.1.2019
nijan@ethz.ch
Geothermal Pilot Study Aargau

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 4710

Dr. Jonathan Ogland-Hand
started 17.06.2019
johand@ethz.ch

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 2751

Dr. Edoardo Rossi
started 10.10.2016
rossie@ethz.ch
Enhance deep geothermal energy exploitation

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2910

Dr. Philipp Schädle
started 1.2.2016
philscha@ethz.ch
Reactive transport; fractured porous media, reservoir modeling

NO F 45

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 8059

Dr. Shihuai Zhang
started 23.04.2019
zhangshi@ethz.ch

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Doctoral Students

Luise Dambly
started 1.03.2020
mdambly@ethz.ch

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Batmagnai Erdenechimeg
started 1.12.2018
erdenecb@ethz.ch
Geothermal exploration and energy utilization in Mongolia. (SNF R4D)

NO F 61

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 2751

Powei Huang
started 1.8.2018
pohuang@ethz.ch
Precipitation/dissolution, reactive transport, scaling effects

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Hoda Javanmard
started 1.2.2018
jhoda@ethz.ch

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 4041

Mohamed Ezzat Mostafa
started 1.10.2018
m.ezzat@erdw.ethz.ch
Development of a new contact-less drilling method, Plasma-Pulse Geo Drilling (PPGD)

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Isamu Naets
started 1.9.2018
inaets@erdw.ethz.ch
Fluid and solute transport in fractures and PIV-LIF

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Research Assistants – Postgraduates

Kevin P. Hau
started 1.08.2020
hauk@ethz.ch
IDEA LEAGUE
Master Student

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Academic Guests

Xintong Wang
started 1.11.2019
xintwang@ethz.ch

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 633 4041

Master/Bachelor Students

Kevin P. Hau
started March 2020
hauk@ethz.ch
IDEA LEAGUE
Master Student

NO F 51.1

Sonneggstrasse 5

CH-8092 Zurich
+41 44 632 2558

Adam Malek
started September 2020
ETH Master Student
Power and Cost of Closed-loop Advanced Geothermal Systems (AGS)

Diya Sunil Kumbhat
Semester project since 2019
ETH Master Student

NW F 74

Clausiusstrasse 25

CH-8092 Zurich

Anna Van Brummen
started September 2018
ETH Master Student

Former GEG Members and former Visitors

Mehrdad Ahkami
Former PhD student
1.11.2016 – 31.10.2020
Fluid flow in porous media

Justin Ezekiel
Former PhD Student
01.09.2016 – 31.10.2020
CCUS and combined EGR-CPG systems

Marina Lima
Former PhD Student
01.10.2017 – 30.09.2020
Reactive transport in fracture-dominated porous media

Jin Ma
Former PhD Student
01.06.2016 – 30.06.2020

Anozie Ebigbo
Former Senior Researcher (Oberassistent)
01.08.2016 – 31.05.2020

Katharina Kuhn
Former ETH Bachelor Student 2020

Prof. Dr. Shemin Ge
Former visiting professor
15.08.2019-31.12.2019

Selene Cremonesi

Former ETH Master Student
May 2019 – December 2019

Marat Ravilov
Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE
March 2019 – 30.11.2019
two-component 5-spot MOOSE reservoir modeling for CPG

Anniina Kittilä
Former PhD Student
1.5.2015-31.08.2019
Groundwater flow in fracture-dominated media

Xiaoqing Chen
Former assistant – postgraduate
15.10.2018 – 31.08.2019
Master of Science (MSc)
FSI simulations to compute hydro-mechanically coupled processes in rough fractures

Joan Delort
Former assistant – postgraduate
01.09.2018 – 31.08.2019
Master of Science (MSc)

Zhiqiang LI
Former Academic Guest
01.09.2018 – 31.08.2019

Shiyi Li
Former assistant – postgraduate
01.09.2018 – 30.04.2019

Kai Broeker
Master student – IDEA LEAGUE
March 2019

Anwar Al Assadi
Former assistant – postgraduate
01.10.2018 – 30.11.2018

Maria Cardenas Rivera
Former assistant – postgraduate
01.11.2018 – 30.11.2018

Guodong Cui
Former Academic Guest
01.11.2017 – 09.11.2018
Ph.D. Student

Ali Aminzadeh
Former Academic Guest
01.11.2017 – 31.05.2018

Alex Hobé
Former Assistant – postgraduate
01.10.2017 – 31.01.2018
Multiphysics modeling of geothermal reservoirs

Niko Laaksonlaita
Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Dandan Li
Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Manos Pefkos
Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE
MSc IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018

Marthe Faber
Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Susymar Rodriguez
Former assistant – postgraduate
01.10.2017 – 31.12.2017
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey M. Bielicki
Former visiting professor
15.06.2017 – 15.10.2017
bielicki.2@osu.edu
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Energy and environmental systems
renewable energy

Faraz Habib
Former assistant – postgraduate
15.03.2017 – 31.08.2017

Raphael Allstadt
Former assistant – postgraduate
15.09.2016 – 30.06.2017
Master of Science (MSc)
Numerical modelling of two-phase flow in porous media

Dr. Keith Evans
Former senior scientist
02.03.2015 – 31.05.2017
kevans@ethz.ch
Scaling of stress variations in deep crystalline rock

Dr. Nagasree Garapati
Former PostDoc
01.11.2015 – 30.04.2017
ngarapat@mail.wvu.edu

Neeraj Shah
Former assistant – postgraduate
15.09.2016 – 31.03.2017
Master of Science (MSc)

Claudia Deuber
Former assistant – postgraduate
15.09.2016 – 30.11.2016
Master of Science (MSc)

Former GEG Members and former Visitors

Mehrdad Ahkami
Fluid flow in porous media

Former PhD student
1.11.2016 – 31.10.2020

Justin Ezekiel
CCUS and combined EGR-CPG systems

Former PhD Student
01.09.2016 – 31.10.2020

Marina Lima
Reactive transport in fracture-dominated porous media

Former PhD Student
01.10.2017 – 30.09.2020

Jin Ma
Reactive transport in natural porous media

Former PhD Student
01.06.2016 – 30.06.2020

Dr. Anozie Ebigbo
Subsurface multiphase flow and transport

Former Senior Researcher (Oberassistent)
01.08.2016 – 31.05.2020

Katharina Kuhn

Former ETH Bachelor Student 2020

Prof. Dr. Shemin Ge
Professor
University of Colorado Boulder

Former visiting professor
15.08.2019 – 31.12.2019

Selene Cremonesi

Former ETH Master Student
May 2019 – December 2019

Marat Ravilov
two-component 5-spot MOOSE reservoir modeling for CPG

Former Assistant – Postgraduate
March 2019 – 30.11.2019

Anniina Kittilä
Groundwater flow in fracture-dominated media

Former PhD Student
01.05.2015 – 31.08.2019

Xiaoqing Chen
Master of Science (MSc)
FSI simulations to compute hydro-mechanically coupled processes in rough fractures

Former assistant – postgraduate
15.10.2018 – 31.08.2019

Joan Delort
Master of Science (MSc)

Former assistant – postgraduate
01.09.2018 – 31.08.2019

Zhiqiang LI

Former Academic Guest
01.09.2018 – 31.08.2019

Shiyi Li
Master of Science (MSc)

Former assistant – postgraduate
01.09.2018 – 30.04.2019

Kai Broeker

Former MSc Student IDEA LEAGUE
March 2019

Anwar Al Assadi

Former assistant – postgraduate
01.10.2018 – 30.11.2018

Maria Cardenas Rivera

Former assistant – postgraduate
01.11.2018 – 30.11.2018

Guodong Cui
Ph.D. Student

Former Academic Guest
01.11.2017 – 09.11.2018

Ali Aminzadeh
Master of Science (MSc)

Former Academic Guest
01.11.2017 – 31.05.2018

Alex Hobé
Multiphysics modeling of geothermal reservoirs

Former assistant – postgraduate
01.10.2017 – 31.01.2018

Niko Laaksonlaita
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018

Dandan Li
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018

Manos Pefkos
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018

Marthe Faber
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Former MSc student IDEA LEAGUE 2017/2018

Susymar Rodriguez
MSc IDEA LEAGUE

Former assistant – postgraduate
01.10.2017 – 31.12.2017

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey M. Bielicki
bielicki.2@osu.edu
Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Energy and environmental systems
renewable energy

Former visiting professor
15.06.2017 – 15.10.2017

Faraz Habib

Former assistant – postgraduate
15.03.2017 – 31.08.2017

Raphael Allstadt
Master of Science (MSc)
Numerical modelling of two-phase flow in porous media

Former assistant – postgraduate
15.09.2016 – 30.06.2017

Dr. Keith Evans
kevans@ethz.ch
Scaling of stress variations in deep crystalline rock

Former senior scientist
02.03.2015 – 31.05.2017

Dr. Nagasree Garapati
ngarapat@mail.wvu.edu
Research Assistant Professor
West Virginia University

Former PostDoc
01.11.2015 – 30.04.2017

Neeraj Shah
Master of Science (MSc)

Former assistant – postgraduate
15.09.2016 – 31.03.2017

Claudia Deuber
Master of Science (MSc)

Former assistant – postgraduate
15.09.2016 – 30.11.2016