Postgraduate Student

Education and Biography:

2019 – current: Visiting Research Associate, British Geological Survey – work includes analysis of ground gas and gas flux from Glasgow Geothermal Energy Field Site and evaluation of analysis techniques and assisting with development of an award-winning brownfields decision support tool.

2021 – current: MSc by Research – Heriot Watt University, UK

2011 – 2018: BSc (Hons) Environmental Science – Open University, UK

Publications

Smith, D., Taylor-Curran, H., Barkwith, A., Lister, B., Hannis, S., Shorter, K., Walker-Verkuil, K., Kirk, K., Monaghan, A. (2021) Applying ground gas and gas flux monitoring techniques to low-enthalpy, shallow geothermal energy exploration Geothermics 97, 102251, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102251. – see Appendix 3 for further details.

Barkwith, A., Lister, B., Taylor-Curran, H., Hannis, S., Shorter, K., Walker-Verkuil, K., Kirk, K., Smith, D. and Monaghan, A. (2020) Data Release Notes: UK Geoenergy Observatories Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site (GGERFS) Ground Gas, 2018 and 2019 Surveys Open Report OR/20/37, Keyworth, British Geological Survey.

Beriro, D.J., Cornillon, S, Merchant, A., Smith, D., Smith H., Nathanail, P., Bricker, S. (2019) Methodology for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Brownfield Ground Risk Calculator, Commercial Report CR/18/121, Keyworth, British Geological Survey.

Research interests:

• Pore structures of fluvial and aeolian sandstones.
• Pore-scale effects on fluid-flow in porous media, particularly the effect of discontinuities.
• Linking pore-scale processes to reservoir-scale impacts on fluid transportation.
• Subsurface reservoir modelling.
• Use of the subsurface for energy generation and storage, particularly underground hydrogen storage and low-enthalpy geothermal energy.

📧 Email: dgs2001@hw.ac.uk