Academic Research Team

The research team in the Geothermal Energy Laboratory comes from the Schulich School of Engineering, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law.

Roman Shor

Co-Lead and Principal Investigator
Email: roman.shor [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Schulich School of Engineering
Research Focuses: Drilling Engineering, Drilling Automation, Well Designs

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Apostolos Kantzas

Co-Lead and Principal Investigator
Email: akantzas [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Schulich School of Engineering
Research Focuses: Thermal Conductivity, Flow in Porous Mediums, Thermodynamics, Reservoir Engineering

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Deanna Burgart

Email: deanna.burgart1 [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Schulich School of Engineering
Research Focuses: Sustainability, Indigenous Perspectives

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Kerry Black

Email: kerry.black [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Schulich School of Engineering
Research Focuses: Sustainability, Indigenous Perspectives

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Hersh Gilbert

Email: hersh.gilbert [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Research Focuses: Exploration geology, tectonics

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Jan Dettmer

Email: jan.dettmer [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Research Focuses: Exploration geophysics, seismology and acoustics

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Allan Ingelson

Email: ingelson [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Research Focuses: Energy Law and Regulation

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Rudiger Tscherning

Email: rudiger.tscherning [at] ucalgary.ca
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Research Focuses: Energy Law, International Law and Sustainability,

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Join the team

The Geothermal Energy Lab will be hiring M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates. We will be posting positions during the summer of 2021, so stay tuned!

Current Opportunities