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An interdisciplinary team built for collaboration.
SET-IT unites geoscience, engineering, and data science expertise across Heriot-Watt University to advance subsurface energy solutions at scale.

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Amy Gough
Assistant Professor, Geoscience
Assistant Professor in Geoscience at Heriot-Watt University and head of the Southeast Asia Research Group. Specialises in Southeast Asian geology, sedimentary provenance, palaeogeography, and energy-critical elements to support CCS and geothermal development.
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Aaron Cahill
Environmental Monitoring
Focuses on monitoring and verification strategies that build trust in subsurface storage operations.

Ahmed H. Elsheikh
Reservoir Engineering
Develops reservoir modeling and optimization workflows for safe, scalable storage and energy systems.

Alexis Cartwright-Taylor
Assistant Professor, The Lyell Centre
Assistant Professor at the Lyell Centre focusing on rock physics, damage localisation, and subsurface integrity for the energy transition.

Amy Gough
Assistant Professor, Geoscience
Assistant Professor in Geoscience at Heriot-Watt University and head of the Southeast Asia Research Group. Specialises in Southeast Asian geology, sedimentary provenance, palaeogeography, and energy-critical elements to support CCS and geothermal development.

Andreas Busch
Storage Characterization
Leads integrated subsurface assessments for storage readiness and risk-informed decision making.

Dan Arnold
Reservoir Engineering
Connects reservoir engineering with deployment pathways to accelerate pilot-ready solutions.

Florian Doster
Porous Media Physics
Studies pore-scale physics to improve flow predictions and reduce uncertainty at scale.

Hannah P. Menke
Associate Professor, Institute for GeoEnergy Engineering
Associate Professor in the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, focusing on pore-scale flow, imaging, and data-driven workflows for geoenergy applications.

Kamaljit Singh
Multiphase Flow & Imaging
Focuses on multiphase flow and multi-scale imaging to improve subsurface storage security.

Nathaniel Forbes Inskip
Fracture Science
Focuses on fracture behavior and integrity to support safe subsurface operations.
Nanzhe Wang
Researcher
New member of SET-IT. Profile details coming soon.
Gang Wang
Researcher
New member of SET-IT. Profile details coming soon.

Uisdean Nicholson
Basin Analysis
Builds geological models for storage capacity, risk evaluation, and site selection.
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