Faculty
Principal Investigators:
- Evan Franseen – Professor and Senior Scientist, carbonate sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, reservoir characterization. KU Faculty Page. Email: evanf@kgs.ku.edu
- Gene Rankey – Professor, carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy, seismic attributes. KU Faculty Page. Email: grankey@ku.edu
- Robert Goldstein – Distinguished Professor, carbonate stratigraphy, diagenesis, fluid inclusions. KU Faculty Page. Email: gold@ku.edu
Co-Principal Investigators (Department of Geology)
The Department of Geology educates undergraduate and graduate students in the fundamentals of theoretical and applied geological sciences so that they will have the knowledge and skills to adapt as the science and their personal and professional situations change. The Department houses approximately 100 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate students, and teaches geological sciences to approximately 4000 students each year. Its students and its 23 faculty conduct exemplary basic and applied research in the geological sciences resulting in more than 80 peer-reviewed publications each year. It produces the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology and has contributed to the production of the Journal of Sedimentary Research and PALAIOS.
- Jennifer Roberts – Professor (Chairperson), Geobiology of carbonates, dolomitization, diagenesis, microbial CO2 sequestration
- Luis González – Professor (on leave), carbonate geochemistry, diagenesis, stable isotopes
- George Tsoflias – Professor, Geophysics, ground penetrating radar, and high resolution seismic imaging of carbonates
- David Fowle – Professor, Geobiology of carbonates, microbial CO2 sequestration
- Steve Hasiotis – Professor, trace fossils in carbonates
- Paul Enos – Emeritus Distinguished Professor, carbonate stratigraphy and diagenesis
- Alison Olcott – Associate Professor, Organic geochemistry of carbonates and oil shales, microbial carbonates
- Craig Marshall – Associate Professor, geospectroscopy in carbonate systems
- Randy Stotler – Associate Professor, geochemistry and hydrogeology of carbonate systems
- Chi Zhang – Associate Professor, geophysical monitoring sensitive to physicochemical properties, geophysical responses of geochemical and biological processes in the subsurface, rock/fluid interfacial properties, petrophysical models from geophysical datasets
- Hassan Eltom – Postdoctoral Fellow, Arab-D reservoirs; characterization of reservoirs; 3-D geostatistical modeling
Co-Principal Investigators (Tertiary Oil Recovery Project – TORP):
The Tertiary Oil Recovery Program was created to conduct research to explore tertiary methods to obtain additional oil from reservoirs. TORP’s primary source of funding comes from the State of Kansas. Funding from the State is supplemented by funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and industry. The DOE supplies funding for research contracts, technology transfer to assist independent oil and gas operators and field demonstration projects to demonstrate how technology applications can improve oil and gas production. Industry funding comes in the form of fellowships and participation in field demonstration projects. TORP collaborates with oil and gas producers to submit proposals to DOE for field demonstration projects when requests for proposals (RFPs) are released by the DOE.
- Shahin Negahban – Director of TORP, Associate Professor, carbonate EOR experimental and theoretical, DRP and rock characterization, PVT, geo-mechanics and fracture characterization, advanced EOR reservoir simulation
- Masoud Kalantari – Assistant Professor, numerical simulation and advanced data analytics techniques for conventional and unconventional resources
- Xiaoli (Laura) Li – Assistant Professor, CO2 enhanced oil recovery and storage, phase behavior of solvents-reservoir fluid systems, multi-phase flow in porous media, shale gas reservoir development, anti-scaling and anti-waxing in oilfields
- Jyun-Syung Tsau – Associate Scientist, CO2 Miscible Flooding, CO2 Sequestration, Near Miscible Flooding, Phase behavior, CO2-Foam Mobility Control, Fluid Flow in Porous Media, Numerical Simulation
- Reza Barati – Associate Professor, hydraulic fracturing, unconventional, tight oil and gas, oilfield nanoparticles, CO2 EOR-mobility and conformance control, enhanced water-flooding w/ modified injection brine
Co-Principal Investigators (Kansas Geological Survey)
The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) conducts geological studies and research on the geology of Kansas and elsewhere. It specializes in emphasizing natural resources of economic value, water quality and quantity, and geologic hazards. The KGS has been providing research and service since 1889, and annually publishes extensively on subjects of economic interest. The Survey also produces computer programs and databases derived from geologic investigations. It has approximately 100 employees focused on research and service.
- John Doveton – Emeritus Senior Scientific Fellow, petrophysics
- W. Lynn Watney – Senior Scientific fellow, subsurface stratigraphy, CO2 sequestration
- Sahar Mohammadi – Assistant Scientist, carbonate diagenesis, petroleum geology, fault and fracture control on reservoir properties, Mississippian reservoirs, hydrothermal systems