Our energy research program tackles fundamental questions related to hydrocarbon and water sources to meet the ever-increasing demand for energy. Leveraging the vast collection of subsurface data available through the Geological Survey of Alabama and the Department of Geological Sciences, our interdisciplinary research focuses on integrating all elements of petroleum systems from source and reservoir to structure and seal.
We combine models derived from subsurface data with the study of outcrop analogs from both ancient and modern sedimentary systems. This wealth of data offers a natural laboratory for various disciplines, including structural geology, clastic and carbonate reservoir and source-rock studies, stratigraphic forward modeling, seismic data acquisition and processing, and petroleum systems analysis.
Faculty
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Çemen | Professor | icemen@ua.edu |
| Rona Donahoe | Professor | rdonahoe@ua.edu |
| Yuehan Lu | Professor | yuehan.lu@ua.edu |
| Marcello Minzoni | Associate Professor | marcello.minzoni@ua.edu |
| Delores M. Robinson | Professor | dmr@ua.edu |
| Rebecca L. Totten |
Associate Professor Alabama Water Institute CONSERVE Distinguished Faculty Fellow |
rltotten@ua.edu |
| Bo Zhang | Associate Professor | bzhang33@ua.edu |