People
- Prof. dr. Hans de Bresser is full professor in the Experimental Rock Deformation group, with a special interest in the geometry, kinematics and dynamics of rock structures (nature and experimental), microstructural analysis, sustainable use of the subsurface, and the Earth Sciences teaching and learning environment.
- Dr. André Niemeijer is associate professor with a special interest in fault and earthquake mechanics. Dr. Niemeijer is also Head of the Experimental Rock Deformation laboratory (HPT lab).
- Dr. Suzanne Hangx is associate professor at the HPT lab with a special interest in sustainability, in particular safe production and storage of geo-energy.
- Dr. Wenzhuo Cao is an Assistant Professor at the HPT Lab with expertise in geomechanics, coupled subsurface processes, and induced seismicity, particularly in geo-energy and geo-storage systems
- Prof. Christopher (Chris) Spiers is Emeritus Professor at the HPT lab, with a special interest in the mechanical and transport properties of rock materials and the effects that fluid-rock interactions have on these properties.
- Laura Heinen is the management/office assistant of the HPT lab supporting the staff with administrative, organisational and financial tasks.
Thony van der Gon Netscher
Technical Support Assistant for Teaching and Research - O profileEmail: a.vandergonnetscher@uu.nlPhone: 030 253 4967- Thony van der Gon Netscher is the mechanical engineer of the HPT lab supporting the staff with maintenance and repair tasks.
Gerard Kuijpers
Technical Support Assistant for Teaching and Research - O profileEmail: g.t.f.w.kuijpers@uu.nlPhone: 030 253 4970- Gerard Kuijpers is the electronics engineer of the HPT lab supporting the staff with maintenance and repair tasks.
ing. Floris van Oort
Technical Support Assistant for Teaching and Research - O profileEmail: f.d.vanoort@uu.nlPhone: 030 253 3851- Floris van Oort is the mechanical engineer of the HPT lab supporting the staff with maintenance and repair tasks.
- Klara Elwenspoek supports the staff with education and research activities in the HPT lab.
- Dr. Wen Zhou is a researcher working on an ultrasound measuring system to track property changes during experiments in the HPT lab.
- Dr. Evgeniia Martuganova works on fibre-optical experiments at the HPT Lab to improve sustainable monitoring methods for reservoir response characterisation.
- Dr. Mark Jefferd is a researcher focused on advancing the capabilities of deformation apparatuses in the HPT laboratory, enabling more sophisticated and complex experimental research.
- Bart van Oosterhout is a PostDoctoral Researcher at the HPT lab working on radioactive waste storage in rock salt.
- Job Arts is a PhD student at the HPT lab and the Teclab working on induced seismicity in the Groningen field.
- Rens Elbertsen is a PhD student of the HPT lab and the Teclab.
- Entela Kane is a PhD student of the HPT lab and TU Delft working on induced seismicity related to geothermal energy in fractured reservoirs.
- Sahar Amiri is a PhD student at the HPT lab working on CO2 storage in sandstone.
- Mike Sep is a PhD student at the HPT lab working on creep behaviour of clay-rich formations.
- Vangelis Dialeismas is a PhD student at the HPT lab and TNO working on constitutive models for rock salt creep.
- Gaurav Jain is a PhD student at the HPT lab and TNO working on constitutive models for rock salt creep.
- Elisabeth Kozlov is a PhD student at the HPT lab working on the flow to friction transition in carbonate rocks.
- Lawrencia Mensah is a PhD student at the HPT lab working on seismicity in rift zones.
- Iasmina is a PhD student in the HPT lab working on the integrity of clay-rich caprocks during H2 storage.
- Laurens Kleijbeuker is a PhD student in the HPT laboratory, who focuses on flow and friction of fractures in geothermal reservoirs.
- Anik Muhammed is an intern from the Incluusion Traineeship. He is working on permeability measurements.
- Zijia Zhu is a PhD at the HPT lab, who works on hydrogen storage in porous geological formations.
- Jing Li is a PhD at the HPT lab, who works on fracture slip and induced seismicity in geothermal systems.
Associate researchers
- Dr. Ronald Pijnenburg is project manager of EPOS-NL, the Dutch branch of EPOS, a European data portal for solid Earth Sciences.
External researchers
Senior Reservoir Geomechanics Scientist- Dr. Peter Fokker is a Senior Reservoir Geomechanics Scientist in the team “Geoscience & Technology” of TNO and a guest researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences.
- Dr. Jan ter Heege Is Team Lead Geomechanics at TNO. He aims to facilitate innovative research on topics such as hydrogen storage, induced seismicity, geothermal energy, CO2 storage, subsidence and well integrity.
- Brecht Wassing is a researcher at the geomechanics group of the TNO Geoscience & Technology department, I am involved in research related to topics such as hydrogen storage, geothermal energy, CO2 storage and mining.
- Dr. Loes Buijze is a researcher in the geomechanics group of the TNO Geoscience & Technology department. She is Lead Scientist of the Market Theme Induced Seismicity and involved in geomechanical modeling and microseismic monitoring of induced seismicity, as well as induced seismicity research coordination and project acquisition.