Multi-award winning scientists to speak at Conference
Attendees of the Australian Natural Hydrogen Conference will learn the latest theories on how hydrogen forms underground and how it migrates to the surface, with two top scientists named as the latest keynote speakers.
John Eiler from the California Institute of Technology and Dr Melissa Duque of Perth’s CSIRO division are two senior minds who have focused on natural hydrogen for years.
Each will have important insights on the latest data at the October 21-23 conference in the Adelaide Hills wine region of South Australia.
Eiler runs a geochemical lab at Caltech to study isotopic composition and clumped isotopes (site-specific distribution of isotopes, and abundance of multiply-substituted isotopologues) of gas molecules, establishing constraints on the origins of natural hydrogen found.
He is the Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry and the Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech.
His work has centered on development of novel technologies and methods for isotopic analysis.
Eiler is a fellow of the AGU and MSA, and recipient of the MSA award, the Macelwane medal of the AGU, the Epstein medal of the Geochemical Society and the Day medal of the GSA, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Meanwhile, Dr Duque is an experimentalist and modeller working as a research scientist for CSIRO.
With DSc, MSc, and BSc degrees in Geology, and a BSc degree in Civil Engineering, she has a strong interest in geomechanics, underground fluid circulation, and rock-fluid interactions.
Since 2022, she has been investigating geologic hydrogen systems, with a focus on hydrogen migration through faults, fractures, and complex interbedded rocks, as well as hydrogen generation processes.
Prior to CSIRO, Dr Melissa worked for Petrobras for 10 years at their research centre in Brazil, using lab and numerical tools to explore the hydromechanical behaviour of faults and fractured reservoirs from microscopic to field scale.
The latest two keynote speakers confirmed will be augmented by a range of technical experts, and the door is not closed to other natural hydrogen experts. The Call for Abstracts is open for another 10 days. Submissions can be made here.
And don’t forget the deadline for discounted early bird tickets is also 10 days away, July 14. Tickets can be bought here.
