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Dr. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will give a talk entitled "Synchrotron Observations of 3D scCO2 Distribution in Reservoir Sandstones: Implications for Site Monitoring and Modeling" as part of the Claude R. Hocott Graduate Seminar Series.

Abstract: Coming Soon

Bio: Dr. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin is a Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the lead PI for the Environmental and Applied Geophysics Laboratory (EAGLe), and the Reservoir Processes theme leader at the Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO₂. Since joining LBNL in 2007, Dr. Ajo-Franklin has focused on novel technologies for dynamically monitoring subsurface processes ranging in scale from individual pores to reservoir units. He has recently focused on two key techniques for examining CO₂ at in situ conditions: the use of high-pressure synchrotron imaging to characterize CO₂ distribution in rocks and the use of semi-permanent active seismic systems to track CO₂ in the field after injection. He has collaborated in several geological carbon sequestration studies including the Frio II test, SECARB’s Cranfield Stacked Storage pilot, and most recently Big Sky’s Kevin Dome pilot. Prior to starting at LBNL, Dr. Ajo-Franklin was a post-doctoral fellow at MIT’s Earth Resources Laboratory (2005-2007) focusing on seismic imaging algorithms tailored to fluid monitoring problems. Dr. Ajo-Franklin received his MS and PhD in Geophysics from Stanford University (1999-2005) and his BA in Computer Science (and History) from Rice University (1994-1998).