Experience

TownRock Energy

• United Kingdom
• Geothermal Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Geothermal Engineer

  • Oct 2022 - Present



University of Glasgow

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2022

  Worked with industrial partners IES, HLM Architects, Sciencescope and Multiplex on UKRI funded “eDigiT2Life” project to develop fully calibrated, sensed, and metered Digital Twin models of University of Glasgow campus buildings to optimise their energy performance.

• PhD Researcher

  • Oct 2015 - Nov 2021

  My PhD project investigated the potential deep geothermal resource in the Upper Devonian sandstone aquifer beneath eastern Glasgow. Within this multidisciplinary research project, I have investigated the effects of palaeoclimate and topography on Glasgow's heat flow dataset; collected and modelled field data from a new gravity survey of eastern Glasgow; and carried out X-CT and X-RD analysis to determine hydraulic and petrophysical properties of target aquifer rocks.

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

  As part of the Horizon 2020 DESTRESS (Demonstration of Soft Stimulation Treatments of Geothermal Reservoirs), this work consisted of data collection and analysis (XRD and XCT) of the hydraulic and petrophysical properties of sandstone samples from geothermal reservoirs in Lithuania and Hungary.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2015 - Feb 2020

  Graduate teaching assistant in the School of Engineering; - tutored undergraduate Structural Design 2, Structural Design 3, Structural Design 4, Surveying 2 and Geology for Civil Engineers courses. - supervised MSc summer project relating to geophysical surveys in the east end of Glasgow.

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  Funded by EPSRC-CESI, this work assessed the scope for repurposing onshore hydrocarbon wells in the UK for geothermal energy production and storage. A nationwide site screening survey of potential candidate sites was conducted, then, the extent and magnitude of the UK’s potential geothermal resource in sedimentary basins across the country was mapped. Following the selection of case studies, the potential geothermal resource at these sites was assessed.



The Scottish Government

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Heat Data Analyst on Scotland's Heat Map

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

  Student internship with the Scottish Government. I primarily worked on data collection, data validation and data analysis involved in the 2015 update of Scotland's Heat Map. In this position I developed my knowledge of GIS software, assessed large databases and communicated successfully with relevant stakeholders. It furthered my understanding of the renewable heat sector in Scotland and how the Heat Map tool can be used to identify potential projects for development. Student internship with the Scottish Government. I primarily worked on data collection, data validation and data analysis involved in the 2015 update of Scotland's Heat Map. In this position I developed my knowledge of GIS software, assessed large databases and communicated successfully with relevant stakeholders. It furthered my understanding of the renewable heat sector in Scotland and how the Heat Map tool can be used to identify potential projects for development.