LAUREN BIRGENHEIER
Professor
Geology & Geophysics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Keywords:
Sedimentology and stratigraphy, geochemistry, hydrocarbon geology, critical minerals, deep-time paleoclimate, reservoir characterization, unconventional resources, energy transition, carbon storage, geothermal energy
Summary:
Birgenheier is a sedimentary geologist and geochemist. Her research studies fluvial, shallow marine and lacustrine systems, shedding light on the processes that shaped our planet's past with a view toward implications for energy development, critical mineral exploration, carbon storage and paleoclimate reconstruction.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTUINTA BASIN CARBONSAFE II: STORAGE COMPLEX FEASIBILITYDOE NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LAB1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTTRANSFORMING UINTA BASIN EARTH MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED PRODUCTS (TUBE-MAP)DOE NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LAB15 Sep 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMANCOS SHALEUT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTIMPROVING PRODUCTION IN UTAH'S EMERGING NORTHERN PARADOX UNCONVENTIONAL OIL PLAY-GEO1 Oct 2019 - 31 Mar 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTIMPROVING PRODUCTION IN UTAH'S EMERGING NORTHERN PARADOX UNCONVENTIONAL OIL PLAY-GEOMATCH1 Oct 2019 - 31 Mar 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTAGRIO FORMATIONCHEVRON CORP9 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMANCOS UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYUT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSHALE HETEROGENEITY AND FRACTUUTAH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND RE1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2022
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMECH SED STRAT SHALE CHEVRONCHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMP3 Jan 2015 - 2 Aug 2016
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTGRF STRAT PHASE 2TOTAL S A11 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMECH SED STRAT SHALECONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTGRA STRATTOTAL S A10 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2015