Profile

Prof. Dr. Shu Jiang

Position: National Distinguished Professor, Director of Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, Department Chair

Expertise: Petroleum and geothermal geology, sedimentology, conventional and unconventional energy resources exploration and development, reservoir characterization and simulation, integrated geology, geophysics and engineering, and CCUS in North America, Asia-Pacific, South America, and Africa;

Principal Investigaror (PI): NSFC (National Nature Science Foundation of China)'s Key Projects, National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, E&P projects of conventional to uncoventional oil, gas, and geothermal energy sponsored by 40+ multinational petroleum and energy companies

Publication: 100+ peer-reviewed publications (books/chapters, Earth-Science Reviews, AAPG Bulletin,Geothermics, Energy Conversition and Management, Geophysical Journal International, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Sedimentary Geology, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Fuel, Energy & Fuel, Journal of Asian Earth Science, etc.), top 1% ESI highly cited paper;

Research Funding:  Sponsored by 30+ international and domestic oil/energy companies and government organizations;

Awards: 

1. National Distinguished Professor 2019

2. World's Top 2% Scientists 2022, 2023

3. 2^nd Prize Award, China Ministry of Education, 2023

4.1^st Prize Award, China Association of inventions, 2022

5. 2^nd Prize, Beijing Government, 2022

6.Top 10 Presentation, AAPG,2009, 2014,2017

Service: Actively serve role as journal Deputy Associate Editor (Interpretation) and Associate Editor (e.g. Petroleum Science, Journal of Earth Science), international meeting convener and session chair (AAPG, IPTC, etc.), University research committee member;

Professional Members: Certified Petroleum Geologist (CPG), AAPG Active Member, advisory member of the AAPG Shale Gas & Liquids Committee, Executive Member of China Geothermal Energy Center,  Member of China Unconventional Oil and Gas Committee;

Media Coverage: Research achievements in China shale exploration reported in Nature, Explore-AAPG, etc.;

Education and Training Experience:

•          12/2006 – 11/2008, University of Colorado at Boulder, Postdoc, Geology

•          6/2005, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Ph.D., Petroleum Geology

•          6/2000, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), B.S., Petroleum Engineering

Work Experience:

•          6/2005 – 11/2006, CNOOC Research Center

•          11/2008 – 2/2010,  Research Associate and Research Scientist, University of Colorado at Boulder

•          2/2010 – 1/2019,  Research  Assistant Professor to Research Professor,  University of Utah