Team

2001 - 2006

B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran (Iran)
Thesis: Storage and Transport Processes in Carbonaceous Nanoporous Media (Nanotubes).

2007 - 2009

M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran & CSIRO Energy Technology (Iran/Australia)
Thesis: Storage and Transport Processes in Australian Sandstones and Coals.

2009 - 2013

Ph.D. (dr. rer. nat), Earth Science, RWTH Aachen (Germany)
Thesis: Transport Processes in Shales and Mudrocks (European Gas Shales, Project GASH).

2008 - 2009

Research Assistant, CSIRO Energy Technology (Australia)

2009 - 2013

Research Assistant, RWTH Aachen (Germany)

2014 - 2024

Research Associate, University of Calgary (Canada)

Seit 2025

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Ingenieurbüros delta h Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh

Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C., Younis, A., Hamdi, H., Ghanizadeh, A.R., Ducatel, E., Simpson, R., Qanbari, F.: Mapping Lithium Recovery Potential of Devonian Aquifers in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (Alberta). Geconvention 2024. Calgary, Canada, 2024.

Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C.R., Bader, A., Younis, A., Tutolo, B., Shabani, M.: Critical Element Extraction from Flowback and Produced Water: From Lab to Field. SPE Paper 218053. SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition. Calgary, Canada, 2024.

Laurich, B., Hesser, J., Mayr, S., Winhausen, L., Ghanizadeh, A., Nitsch, A., Leuthold, J., Weber, C., and Gaus, G.: Workshop: Best-practice for Laboratory Testing Low-permeable Materials. Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal, 1, 299-300, 202, 2021.

Amann-Hildenbrand, A., Ghanizadeh, A., Krooss, B.M.: Transport Properties of Unconventional Gas Systems. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 31(1), 90-99, 2012.

Ghanizadeh, A., Deglint, M., Song, C., Younis, A., Clarkson, C.R.: Hydrogen Permeability in Salt for Underground Storage: Example from Devonian Lotsberg Salt Formation (Canada). Geoconvention 2025, submitted.

Song, C., Clarkson, C.R., Deglint, M., Ghanizadeh, A., Blinderman, M.S., Evans, C.: Study of Simultaneous Hydrogen Gas Stream Purification and CO2 Storage in Coal Samples using the RTAPK Core Analysis Method. International Journal of Coal Geology, submitted.

Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C.R., Song, C., Parsian, O., Younis, A.: Permeability Enhancement during Artificial Fracturing: Implications for Deep Sedimentary Enhanced Geothermal Systems. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers. 4th EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference and Exhibition, Session: Challenges in Geothermal Projects from Design to Operation, 2023.

Ghanizadeh, A., Song, C., Clarkson, C.R.: Natural Fracture Compressibility and Permeability Hysteresis: Liquid vs. Gas. SPE Paper 223996. SPE Canadian Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Canada, March 2025.

Younis, A., Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C., et al.: Evaluation of Geological CO2 Storage Potential of Deep Saline Aquifers: Core Analysis Examples from the Leduc Formation (Alberta, Canada). Geconvention 2024. Calgary, Alberta, Jun 15-17, 2024.

Yang, Y., Clarkson, C.R., Hamdi, H., Ghanizadeh, A., Blinderman, M.S., Evans, C.: Field Pilot Testing and Reservoir Simulation to Evaluate Processes Controlling CO2 Injection and Associated In-situ Fluid Migration in Deep Coal. International Journal of Coal Geology, 275, 104317, 2023.

Ghanizadeh, A., Song, C., Hamdi, H., Clarkson, C.R.: Experimental and Computational Evaluation of Cyclic Solvent Injection in Fractured Tight Hydrocarbon Reservoirs. Nature Scientific Reports, 11, 9497, 2021.

Emami-Meybodi, H., Rezayian, S., Ghanizadeh, A., Hamdi, H., Clarkson, C.R.: Cyclic Gas Injection in Low-Permeability Oil Reservoirs: Progress in Modeling and Experiments. SPE Journal, 29 (11): 6217-6250, 2024.

Ghanizadeh, A., Amann-Hildenbrand, A., Gasparik, M., Gensterblum, Y., Krooss, B.M., Littke, R.: Experimental Study of Fluid Transport Processes in the Matrix System of the European Organic-rich Shales: II. Posidonia Shale (Lower Toarcian, northern Germany). International Journal of Coal Geology, 123, 20-33, 2014.

Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C.R., Vahedian, A., Ardakani, O.H., Wood, J.M., Sanei, H.: Laboratory-based Characterization of Pore Network and Matrix Permeability in the Montney Formation: Insights from Methodology Comparisons. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 66(2), 472-498, 2018.

Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C.R., Aquino, S., Ardakani, O.H., Sanei, H.: Petrophysical and Geomechanical Characteristics of Canadian Tight Oil and Liquid-rich Gas Reservoirs: I. Pore network and permeability characterization. Fuel, 153, 664-681, 2015.

Ghanizadeh, A., Clarkson, C.R., Deglint, H., Vahedian, A., Aquino, S., Wood, J.M.: Unpropped/Propped Fracture Permeability and Proppant Embedment Evaluation: A Rigorous Core-analysis/Imaging Methodology. URTeC 2459818. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, USA, 2016.

Deglint, H.J., Clarkson, C.R., DeBuhr, C., Ghanizadeh, A.: Live Imaging of Micro-wettability Experiments Performed for Low-permeability Oil Reservoirs. Nature Scientific Reports, 7(1), 4347, 2017.

Pan, B., Clarkson, C.R., Debuhr, C., Younis, A., Song, C., Ghanizadeh, A., Birss, V.I.: Low-permeability Reservoir Sample Wettability Characterization at Multiple Scales: Pore-, Micro-and Macro-contact Angles. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 104229, 2021.

Ghanizadeh, A., Rashidi, B., Clarkson, C.R., Sidhu, N., Hobbs, J.J., Yang, Z., Song, C., Hazell, S., Bustin, R.M.: Characterization of Reservoir Quality in Tight Rocks using Drill Cuttings: Examples from the Montney Formation Alberta, Canada. SPE 189807. SPE Canada Unconventional Resources Conference, Calgary, Canada, 2018.

Ghanizadeh, A., Rashidi, B., Clarkson, C.R., Vahedian, A., Vocke, C.P., Ghanizadeh, A.R.: Indirect Estimation of Fluid Transport and Rock Mechanical Properties from Elemental Compositions: Implications for "Sweet Spot" Identification in the Montney Formation (Canada). URTeC 2670893. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Houston, USA, 2017.

Field-scale Simulation & Pilot Design