Lucy Tweed

Research Associate
Earth Sciences

I am an Earth Scientist with broad expertise in geodynamics, thermodynamics, petrology and geochemistry. I am interested in how reactive geological fluids have shaped the planet over geological history, and how we can harness them for subsurface carbon/energy storage to support sustainable decarbonisation. To study this I develop coupled thermodynamic-fluid dynamic models.

During my PhD at Columbia University I worked on reactive multiphase flow during melt transport in the mantle. Currently, as a postdoctoral researcher at the Bullard Labs I am developing models to understand the coupling between temperature, flow and reaction during CO2 sequestration in sedimentary basins.

Biography

• 2010-2013 BA Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
• 2013-14 MSci Geological Sciences, University of Cambridge
• 2015-2021 PhD Earth & Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
• 2021-2022 Consultant science advisor & Director of the Carbon Removal Cause, EarthFund
• 2022-present Research Associate, University of Cambridge

Research Interests

Carbon storage

Natural environment

Natural hazards