Maja Rücker
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Treatment and development of sub-surface fluid reservoirs in rocks, such as aquifers, H2 or CO2 storage sites, is crucial for the reduction of stress on water supply, energy demand, climate and environment. Insight into how fluids behave within the confined space of the porous rock is key for decision-making processes in the associated applications.
I study molecular interactions of fluids within porous materials and how these link to the macroscopic flow phenomena (incl. multiphase flow responses, reactive transport), develop integrated experimental workflows for upscaling and advance digital modelling approaches used, e.g. to assist decision making for effective utilization of sub-surface resources and of other porous media applications.
Current research projects are funded by the Irene-Curie Fellowship and the DeepNL-NWO programme.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
I received my PhD in a joint project of the Rock & Fluid Physics team at Shell Global Solutions International B.V. and Imperial College London and hold a BSc and MSc degree in Geoscience from the Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz. I worked from 2018-2020 as a Research Assistant and later as Research Associate in the Chemical Engineering Department at Imperial College London, where I am now a visiting researcher. Supported by the Interpore Porelab award for young researchers 2020, I am also visiting the Porelab Institute at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of Oslo.
November 2020, I joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Eindhoven University of Technology as an Assistant Professor. Here, I am working in the Energy Technology group and teach the international MSc course 'Energy transition- the path towards net zero' in collaboration with DTU and CLUSTER-SEEEP.
Recent Publications
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Gaetano Garfi,Cédric M. John,Maja Rücker,Qingyang Lin,Catherine Spurin,Steffen Berg,Samuel Krevor
Determination of the spatial distribution of wetting in the pore networks of rocks
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2022) -
Eseosa M. Ekanem,Maja Rücker,Sherifat Yesufu-rufai,Catherine Spurin,Nicholas Ooi,Apostolos Georgiadis,Steffen Berg,Paul F. Luckham
Novel adsorption mechanisms identified for polymer retention in carbonate rocks
JCIS Open (2021) -
Ryan T. Armstrong,Chenhao Sun,Peyman Mostaghimi,Steffen Berg,Maja Rücker,Paul Luckham,Apostolos Georgiadis,James E. McClure
Multiscale Characterization of Wettability in Porous Media
Transport in Porous Media (2021) -
G.C. Savulescu,M. Rücker,A. Scanziani,R. Pini,A. Georgiadis,P.F. Luckham
Atomic force microscopy for the characterisation of pinning effects of seawater micro-droplets in n-decane on a calcite surface
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2021) -
Maja Rücker,Apostolos Georgiadis,Ryan T. Armstrong,Holger Ott,Niels Brussee,Hilbert van der Linde,Ludwig Simon,Frieder Enzmann,Michael Kersten,Steffen Berg
The Origin of Non-thermal Fluctuations in Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
Frontiers in Water (2021)
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