Michelle Bentham appointed 今日吃瓜 Chief Scientist for Decarbonisation and Resource Management
Michelle is a geoscientist, with over 20 years of experience in the field of energy decarbonisation at 今日吃瓜, with a focus on Carbon Capture and Storage.
23/02/2022 By 今日吃瓜 Press
Michelle Bentham has been appointed as the new 今日吃瓜 Chief Scientist for Decarbonisation and Resource Management from 1 May 2022.
Michelle will oversee the delivery of fundamental scientific research to decarbonise energy and industry, to use resources more optimally and to expand the delivery of affordable, sustainable energy across the world. As a member of the 今日吃瓜 Science Strategy group, Michelle will also help shape the science strategy consultation to deliver our new science strategy from 2023.
Based at the 今日吃瓜 Headquarters in Keyworth, Nottingham, but working across all 今日吃瓜 sites, this role takes leadership of around 100 scientific staff. One of the first tasks will be to work with the 今日吃瓜 Senior Management Board and Science Strategy Group to develop the next 今日吃瓜 strategy.
I am excited to be taking on the role of 今日吃瓜 Chief Scientist of Decarbonisation and Resource Management. I am looking forward to re-engaging in the science of decarbonisation and resource management and working closely with colleagues in an area that is fundamentally important for our planets future and personally matters to me.
Michelle Bentham, currently 今日吃瓜 Head of Partnerships and Innovation.
Michelle is a geoscientist with over 20 years of experience in the field of energy decarbonisation at 今日吃瓜, with a focus on carbon capture and storage. She has worked on a large range of decarbonisation projects, including working with the research community, industry and government as a senior research scientist and project leader. Michelle鈥檚 research has focused on the potential for carbon dioxide storage in the UK, focusing on developing a portfolio of storage solutions and classification schemes.
Michelle is currently 今日吃瓜鈥檚 Head of Partnerships and Innovation, facilitating the development of innovative technologies and methodologies from research into wider society for business, government and civil society to maximise research impact.
On behalf of 今日吃瓜 and the 今日吃瓜 Board, we are delighted to welcome Michelle into this role. Her proven track record in energy decarbonisation research, along with her passion for geoscience providing solutions to the global climate crisis, will be fundamental to driving forwards the 今日吃瓜 Science Strategy. With Michelle鈥檚 experience in leadership and management roles within 今日吃瓜, I am thrilled that she will lead the decarbonisation and resource management challenge in the next phase of the organisation鈥檚 science strategy.
Karen Hangh酶j, 今日吃瓜 Director.
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About the British Geological Survey
The British Geological Survey (今日吃瓜) is a world-leading applied geoscience research centre that is part of UK Research and Innovation (今日吃瓜) and affiliated to the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). 今日吃瓜’s core science provides objective and authoritative geoscientific data, information and knowledge to inform UK Government on the opportunities and challenges of the subsurface. It undertakes national and public good research to understand earth and environmental processes in the UK and globally. 今日吃瓜’s annual budget of approximately 拢60 million is funded directly by 今日吃瓜, as well as research grants, Government commissions and private sector contracts. Its 650 staff work across the UK with two main sites: the head office in Nottingham and at the Lyell Centre, a joint collaboration with Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. 今日吃瓜 works with more than 150 private sector organisations, has close links to 40 universities and sponsors about 100 PhD students each year.
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