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Katriona Edlmann

Katriona Edlmann

Chancellor's Fellow in Energy

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Meet the team

Behind our success lies the strength of a diverse and dedicated team, each member’s unique contributions fostering an environment of collaboration and innovation.

Below is the list of the members of the Edlmann Sustainable Energy team:

Current Research Team

  • Andrew Kilpatrick, HyStorPor and PilotSTRATEGY projects.
  • Ciaran Hemming, StorageUpscale project.
  • Lubica Slabon, StorageUpscale project.
  • Karen Mair, IDRIC “Investigating novel fluid injection approaches for CO2 storage optimisation” project.
  • Saied Abad, HyUsPRe and PilotSTRATEGY projects.

Current PhD Students

  • Marianna Skupinska, Thesis: Feasibility of hydrogen energy storage opportunities in Zechstein salt caverns
  • Behjat Kari, Thesis: Advancing hydrogen storage through in-situ wettability characterisation
  • Ismail Hakki Saricam, Thesis: Investigating the impact of hydrogen injection on the mechanical integrity of reservoir rocks from different geological storage sites
  • Solmaz Abedi, Thesis: Assessing the durability and integrity of well cements and casing under hydrogen storage at the casing-cement-rock interface
  • Emily Chapman, 2021 Thesis: The value of offshore wind-derived hydrogen to energy security in a Net Zero Scotland
  • Hannah Bryant, 2021 Thesis: Atmospheric impacts of Hydrogen
  • Sandra Eriksson, 2020 Thesis: Pulsed fluid pumping for remediation of leakage from geological storage.
  • Lubica Slabon, 2020 Thesis: Energy storage; control of capillary pressure on hydrogen flow characteristics through reservoir rock and caprock integrity.

Graduated PhD Students:

  • Megan O’Donnell, 2015 – July 2020. Thesis: Water quality associated with hydraulic fracturing.
  • Florent Brondolo 2015 – July 2019. Thesis: Experimental investigation of coupled carbonate rock physics and geochemistry during hydrocarbon production.
  • Claire McCraw, 2011 – July 2016. Thesis: CO2 caprock interaction: Experimental investigation and simulation.
  • Rachel Kilgallon, 2011 – June 2016. Thesis: Investigate how noble gases could be used as effective early warning tracers of CO2 migration in engineered CO2 storage sites

Previous members of the research team

  • Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, HyUsPRe project, Jan 2022 to Sept 2022
    • Now a member of academic staff at Heriot Watt University.
  • Tim Armitage, Hydrogen storage database project, Feb 2022 to Feb 2023.
    • Now working at BGS.
  • Ali Hassanpouryouzband HyStorPor and PilotSTRATEGY projects, 2019 to Aug 2023.
    • Now a Chancellors Fellow at The University of Edinburgh.
  • Eike Thaysen, HyStoPor and HyUSPRe projects. P, 2019 to June 2023.
    • Now a PDRA at CSIC in Barcelona
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