Lab Research Staff

Nikolay Gorshkov

Laboratory Manager

Research Interests: Industrial chemistry, Energy sector innovations, New product development, Organic synthesis

Research Scientists

Ivan Chukanov

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Setups engineering, Hydraulic fracturing, materials and process modeling

Jeffrey Carpenter

Geological Laboratory Technician

Research Interests: Lapidary, Thin Sections, Metasomatism

Postdoctoral Fellows

Niccolò Menegoni

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: .Rock Mechanics, structural geology, CO2 storage

Amir Kalifi

Post-doctoral fellow - Buchem Group

Jooyoung Im

Post-doctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Geobiochemical interactions, Material development, Permanent nuclear waste storage

Yiteng Li

Post-doctoral fellow - Hoteit Group

Bing Yang

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: Fractured rock mass, Physical model test, Acoustic emission, Hydrofracturing, Reverse engineering

Ph.D. Students

Ali Altowilib

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: PVT Analysis,, Equation of State, Phase Behavior, PVT Modeling

Giacomo Losi

PhD Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Quaternary Geology, Remote Sensing, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, Archeology

Billal Aslam

Ph.D. Student - Yan Group

Research Interests: reservoir simulation, CCUS, Data-driven modeling

Francesca Giovenzana

PhD Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Modern and fossil foraminifera, paleoecology, micropaleontology

Masters Students

Salvador Rojas Lequerica

Ms/Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Asphaltites, Basin Modelling, Sequence Stratigraphy

Aytaj Khodayeva

MS/Ph.D. Student - Afifi group

Research Interests: CO2 capture and storage (CCS)

Ali Alhejab

MS Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: photovoltaic, faults detection, renewable power

Former ANPERC Members

Alexandros Tasianas, PhD

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: CO2 storage, CCUS, subsurface fluid flow, seismic interpretation, 3D geological modeling, field work

ANPERC Alumni

Elmir Abilov

​MS Student - Patzek Group

Research Interests: ​Reservoir engineering and modelling, enhanced oil recovery, well engineering

Visiting/Intern Student

Perrine Bois

Visiting Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Geology, Carbonate, geomorphology

Gustavo Soares Valentim

Visiting Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Power Electronics, Power Systems, Design Algorithms, Electrical Machines, Control Theory, Energy Conversion

Corinne D’Anna

Visiting Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Marine Science, geobiology, taphonomy