Fully Funded PhD and MS Opportunities in Petroleum Engineering, Reactive Transport, and Geochemistry University of Houston in United States

Postdoc opportunity in Experimental Reactive Transport in Subsurface Porous Media at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston (Houston, Texas, USA). The position is with Dr. Yun Yang and focuses on experimental and mechanistic research in multiphase flow , geochemistry , and reactive transport in subsurface porous media. The postdoc will work in a high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) phase behavior and flow laboratory with advanced facilitie...

Yun Yang, Assistant Professor at the University of Houston , is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the research group starting in Spring 2027 . The position is based in the HPHT flow laboratory in the Department of Petroleum Engineering . The postdoc will conduct coreflooding and gas adsorption experiments using advanced experimental systems to study multiphase flow and reactive transport in subsurface porous media . This opportunity is best suited for candidates with strong hands-on exper...

This postdoctoral research opportunity at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) focuses on geologic hydrogen generation from high-temperature, high-pressure (HTHP) water-rock reactions . The project is hosted off-site by the NETL Pittsburgh campus and is part of the Research Innovation Center (RIC) research environment. Under the mentorship of Isaac Gamwo , the selected researcher will work on understanding natural hydrogen production and fluid flow within geothermal systems. A major ...

Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity at The University of Texas at Austin in the Bureau of Economic Geology, based at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in North Austin, United States. This one-year, in-person postdoctoral position focuses on advanced EOR formulation and interface physics in nanoporous rocks (shale) . The successful candidate will join a research group working on experimental and modeling approaches that connect laboratory-scale physics to field-scale implementation, with applications i...

This research opening is hosted by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Pittsburgh and carried out through the Research Innovation Center with mentorship from Angela Goodman and Greg Lackey . The project sits in the area of enhancing oil and gas recovery in unconventional formations , with a focus on understanding how tighter shale resources can be accessed more effectively and how laboratory observations can be translated to reservoir-scale predictions. The selected participant w...