Professor Florian Doster

Education

2011: PhD in Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
2006: MSc in Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Biography

Since 2020: Professor, Heriot-Watt University
2017 – 2020: Associate Professor, Heriot-Watt University
2013 – 2017: Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University
2011 – 2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate Princeton University, NJ, USA (50%)
2011 – 2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Bergen, Norway (50%)

Dr Hariharan Ramachandran

Education & Biography

Since 2022: PDRA, Heriot-Watt University, UK

2019 – 2022: PDRA, CAGE, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

2017: Ph.D. in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

2007: B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Anna University, India 

Research

Developing fault representations within a vertical-equilibrium modeling framework to analyze fault leakage and assess the impact of parameter uncertainty.

Ellen Mears

Education & Biography

Since 2022: PhD candidate at Heriot Watt University

co-supervised with John Underhill, Iain de Jonge-Andersen and Teresa Fernandez

Research

Ikhwanul Musa

Education & Biography

Since 2022: PhD candidate at Heriot-Watt University

co-supervised with Hariharan Ramachandran, Sebastian Geiger, Morteza Haghighat Sefat

Research

Sa’eed Telvari

Education & Biography

Since 2024: Ph.D. candidate at Heriot Watt University

Co-supervised with Hariharan Ramachandran, Gang Wang

2022 – 2024: M.Sc. in PE – Reservoir Engineering, AUT

2018 – 2022: B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, AUT

Research

Developing vertical-equilibrium modeling tools to simulate CO₂ injection in depleted gas reservoirs and evaluate plume migration, phase behavior, and long-term storage performance.

Ahmadreza Shojaee

Education and Biography

Since 2026: PDRA, Heriot-Watt University, UK
2022-2026: PhD in Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University
2019-2021: MSc in Reservoir Engineering at Petroleum University of Technology
2015-2019: BSc in Petroleum Engineering at Sharif University of Technology

Research

Developing fast reduced-order models for fault-mediated CO₂ leakage between stacked geological reservoirs, with a focus on pressure, buoyancy, and large-scale storage simulation.

Kwame Owusu Edusei

Located at NIMS, Ghana and jointly supervised with Dr Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi

Education & Biography

Since 2019: PhD in Scientific Computing and Industrial Modeling, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana2016 – 2019: MPhil in Scientific Computing and Industrial Modeling, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2011-2015: BSc in Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Research

Kwame is working on improving hysteretic modelling capabilities of simulators by identifying appropriate balances between representing empirical data accurately and numerical efficiency.

Taka Shinohara

Located at TU Delft and jointly supervised with Sebastian Geiger and Hadi Hajibeygi 

Education & Biography

Since 2025: PDRA at TU Delft

Research