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ProfessorMatthew Jackson

Chair in Geological Fluid Dynamics

Department of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8276-3575 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Chair in Geological Fluid Dynamics
    Department of Earth Science & Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
  • 020 7594 6538 (Work)
  • 1.44, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom

RESEARCH

My research interests focus on the prediction, quantification, and measurement of flow and transport processes in heterogeneous geological porous media, using field, experimental, mathematical and numerical techniques.

I lead the Novel Reservoir Monitoring, Modelling and Simulation (NORMS) Group, a multidisciplinary collective of geoscientists, applied mathematicians, engineers, and experimental and computational physicists.

The group develops and applies new methods to monitor and model flow and transport in subsurface reservoirs. Applications of the research are numerous and include subsurface energy storage, geothermal energy, mineral resources, groundwater flow, magma reservoirs and volcanic systems.

More information about my research can be found by following the links to NORMS and the NORMS Laboratory for Reservoir Physics.

GRANTS

  • CENTRE / HUB
    Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials
    Rio Tinto London Limited1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2034
    Rio Tinto London Limited: Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials (2024-2034)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    PA4140 - Stratigraphic Reservoir Characterization for Flow and Storage of CO2 (STOWCe)
    Technische Universiteit Delft25 Sep 2023 - 14 Jul 2026
    Technische Universiteit Delft: PA4140 - Stratigraphic Reservoir Characterization for Flow and Storage of CO2 (STOWCe) (2023-2026)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    Smart assessment, management and optimisation of urban geothermal resources (SmartRes)
    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)1 Dec 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): Smart assessment, management and optimisation of urban geothermal resources (SmartRes) (2022-2026)
  • STANDARD - CALL
    Sustainable exploration for orthomagmatic (critical) raw materials in the EU: Charting the road to the green energy transition
    EU Underwrite - Innovate UK1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2025
    EU Underwrite - Innovate UK: Sustainable exploration for orthomagmatic (critical) raw materials in the EU: Charting the road to the green energy transition (2022-2025)
  • GRANT
    Aquifer thermal energy storage for sustainable decarbonisation of heating and cooling (ATESHAC): Overcoming technical, economic and societal barriers to large-scale deployment
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)1 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2025
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC): Aquifer thermal energy storage for sustainable decarbonisation of heating and cooling (ATESHAC): Overcoming technical, economic and societal barriers to large-scale deployment (2021-2025)
  • GRANT
    "SAGES: Systems Approach for Greener, Eco-efficient and Sustainable mineral resource management"
    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)12 Apr 2021 - 11 Sep 2021
    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): "SAGES: Systems Approach for Greener, Eco-efficient and Sustainable mineral resource management" (2021-2021)
  • GRANT
    Sulphide Inclusions in Zircon as an Indicator of Porphyry Fertility and Grade : High Grade Hypogene Porphyry Research
    BHP Billiton Group Operations Pty. Ltd1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
    BHP Billiton Group Operations Pty. Ltd: Sulphide Inclusions in Zircon as an Indicator of Porphyry Fertility and Grade : High Grade Hypogene Porphyry Research (2021-2023)
  • GRANT
    Copper Basins Exploration Science (CuBES) - A Mineral Systems Approach (led by Southampton)
    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)6 Jan 2020 - 5 Jan 2025
    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): Copper Basins Exploration Science (CuBES) - A Mineral Systems Approach (led by Southampton) (2020-2025)
  • GRANT
    SALine INntrusion in coastal Aquifers: Hydrodynamic Assessment and Prediction of Dynamic Response (SALINA)
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)1 Apr 2018 - 31 Mar 2022
    Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC): SALine INntrusion in coastal Aquifers: Hydrodynamic Assessment and Prediction of Dynamic Response (SALINA) (2018-2022)
  • GRANT
    From arc magmas to ores (FAMOS) - A mineral systems approach (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Natural Environment Research Council [2006-2012]1 May 2017 - 30 Apr 2022
    The academic consortium is working with industrial partners to develop new exploration tools that will help locate metal resources in volcanic arcs by understanding the fundamental processes involved in cycling magmas, fluids and metals in these zones.
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