Research Group website: https://digiporflow.site.hw.ac.uk

3D imaging of fluid flow in permeable media using both in-house and synchrotron X-ray micro-CT, with applications to subsurface H₂ storage, geological sequestration of CO₂, remediation of contaminated soils and biological systems.

Current projects

- 3D X-ray imaging and modelling of H₂ and CO₂ storage in subsurface rocks

- Pore-to-core scale dynamics of immiscible fluid displacement in porous media

- Effect of wettability on multiphase flow in porous media

- Multi-scale characterisation of heterogeneous rocks

- Thermoregulation and ventilation in termite nests: Towards bio-inspired solutions to design energy efficient buildings

Teaching

(i) G11RE (Global Course Leader) - Reservoir Engineering (MSc course), School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, HWU

(ii) G10UG (Instructor) - Introduction to Petroleum Engineering (undergrad course), School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, HWU

Associate Professor, Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering (IGE), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (2021 - ).

Assistant Professor, Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering (IGE), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (2019 - 2021).

Research Associate, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK (2013 - 2018).

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Beamline ID-15A, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France (2011 - 2013).

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany & Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany (2009 - 2011).

PhD Researcher (Civil Engineering), School of Engineering and Information Technology (formerly Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering), The University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia (2004 - 2009).

Research Assistant, Punjab Engineering College/Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2002 - 2004).

M.E. (Environmental Engineering), Punjab Engineering College/Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2000 - 2002).

B.E. (Civil Engineering), GNE/ Punjab Technical University, India (1996 - 2000).

Multiphase flow, digital rock, porous media, capillary trapping, CO₂ sequestration, H₂ storage, carbonate rock dissolution, X-ray micro-CT, synchrotron imaging, 3D image processing and data analysis, and multiphase flow modelling.