Luke Kearney

Luke graduated from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London in 2020. He also spent the summer of 2019 as an exchange student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the Juanes Research Group. Luke joined the Poromechanics Lab as a DPhil student in October 2020. His project is co-supervised by Prof. Richard Katz and funded by NERC through the Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research.

Luke's research is focused on developing theoretical models for the mechanics of localised fluid venting from the subsurface. Specifically, he is investigating the formation of fluid escape pipes that transport fluid through kilometres of impermeable rock. This project is motivated by processes such as carbon dioxide and radioactive waste sequestration.