Dr. Ronny Pini

Post-Doctoral Researcher

650-736-7416

Ph.D - Process Engineering, 2009

MS - Chemical Engineering, 2004

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Ronny Pini received his M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2004. Following this, Ronny was part of Professor Marco Mazzotti's group at the Institute of Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, and in 2009 he received his Ph.D. The title of his thesis was "Enhanced Coal Bed Recovery Finalized to Carbon Dioxide Storage." Now, Ronny works on experimental characterization of fundamental aspects related to multiphase flow of CO₂ and brine in reservoir rocks, such as relative permeability and capillary pressure.

Chia-Wei Kuo

Ph.D Candidate

650-725-0756

MS - Physics, 2007

Carnegie Mellon University, PA

MS - Physics, 2005

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

BS - Electro-Physics, 2003

National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Chia-Wei earned her Master's degree in particle physics but is now interested in CO₂ sequestration in saline aquifers. Her immediate research goal is using TOUGH2 to simulate core-scale multiphase flow experiments.

Michael Krause

Ph.D Candidate

650-725-0742

MS - Energy Resources Engineering, 2009

Stanford University

BS - Civil Engineering, 2007

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Mike graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering before coming to Stanford in 2007. For his Masters degree research, he studied and developed methods to calculate sub-core scale permeability distributions, and received his Masters Degree in Energy Resources Engineering in 2009. He is currently a PhD candidate in the department of Energy Resources Engineering and is working on developing an integrated CO₂ storage capacity model for storage in saline aquifers.

Karim Farhat

Ph.D Student

650-725-0381

MS - Energy Resources Engineering, 2011

Stanford University

BS - Chemical Engineering, 2009

Texas A&M University, Qatar

After spending four years in Qatar, the world's largest supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas, Karim became very interested in the interchangeable relationship between energy consumption, CO₂ emissions, and global warming, and thus decided to join the Energy Resources Engineering Program at Stanford. His research interests include: CO₂ capture, sequestration, and life cycle assessment; advanced biofuels; energy efficiency and integration; energy and climate change policy. You can view Karim's CV here.

Da Huo

Ph.D Student

650-725-0925

MS - Energy and Resource Engineering, 2011

Peking University, China

BS - Mechanical Engineering, 2008

Peking University, China

Da has a background in Petroleum Engineering with focus on modeling of fluid flow in fractured reservoirs. His current research interests include the study of effective seal properties and the impact of fractures during CO₂ sequestration.

Boxiao Li

Ph.D Student

650-725-0381

MS - Energy Resources Engineering, 2011

Stanford University

BS - Environmental Science and Engineering, 2009

Shanghai Jiaotong University

Boxiao graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering in 2009. Having a general interest in green energy and a specific interest in carbon sequestration, he joined the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford to explore possible options toward a low carbon future.

Christin Weierholt Strandli

Ph.D Student

650-725-0756

MS - Energy Resources Engineering, 2011

Stanford University

BA - Physics, Mathematics, 2009

St. Olaf College, MN

You can view Christin's CV here.

Lin Zuo

Ph.D Student

650-725-0808

MS - Energy Resources Engineering, 2011

Stanford University

BS - Thermal Engineering, 2009

Tsinghua University, Beijing

Lin received his B.S. from Tsinghua University, China, where he conducted reserach on natural gas hydrate dissociation. With a background in thermal science, he is currently doing research on carbon sequestration technologies and is interested in commercialization of CCS.

Whitney Sargent

M.S. Student

832-646-9571

BS - Petroleum Engineering, 2010

Texas A&M University

Whitney's research is focused on CO₂ sequestration injection modeling into saline aquifers. She applies this work to the Two Elk Energy Park Project in North East Wyoming. Some other of her interests include EOR and simulation.