Applications are invited for a Research Associate to join the Novel Reservoir 
Modelling and Simulation (NORMS) Group in the Department of Earth Science and 
Engineering.  The NORMS group develops and applies new methods to accurately 
model complex geological heterogeneities in subsurface reservoirs, and new 
methods to simulate multiphase flow and transport processes in these models. 
Applications of the research are numerous and include prediction of CO2 
sequestration, hydrocarbon recovery (including improved and enhanced recovery), 
groundwater flow, and contaminant transport. 

The NORMS group combines expertise in numerical modelling from the Applied 
Modelling and Computation Group (AMCG), and in geological modelling, porous 
media flow and subsurface applications from the Petroleum Geoscience and 
Engineering Group (PGE). This unique combination of expertise has allowed NORMS 
to make rapid progress in applying leading edge numerical and computational 
methods to problems of subsurface flow and transport.

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to work within a 
large multi-disciplinary research group developing and applying advanced 
modelling techniques.  The post is funded by the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon 
Storage Centre and is part of a substantial research program to develop novel 
computational methods for modelling and simulation of multi-scale, multi-phase 
flows in porous media.  The successful candidate will collaborate closely with 
the multidisciplinary team members already in place. This will be primarily 
within Imperial College London, but will also include significant contact with 
UK and overseas academic and industrial partners. S/He is also expected to 
regularly publish papers in international refereed journals, and give 
presentations at relevant international conferences. 

Applicants should possess a PhD, or equivalent, in a numerate subject area such 
as Mathematics, Physics, Computing, or Engineering. They should have experience 
in the use and development of numerical methods for the solution of systems of 
PDEs, ideally on unstructured grids and for fluid dynamics applications. 
Experience of meshing complex structures, modelling multi-phase flow in porous 
media, large scientific computing projects and high performance computing would 
also be advantageous.