Mylene Receveur’s biography
- 2024 to present: Geothermal Scientist / Hydrogeologist, British Geological Survey
- 2019 to 2024: PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2019 to 2019: Geothermal Reservoir Engineer consultant, BRGM, France
- 2018 to 2019: Research assistant, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- 2016 to 2018: MSc Geology, Geothermal Energy, University of Iceland (double degree)
- 2012 to 2017: MSc Geology, UniLasalle Beauvais, France (5-year degree)
Research interests
- Geothermal reservoir characterisation
- Geothermal resource assessment and UK geothermal datasets
- Mine water flow and heat transport modelling
- Underground thermal energy storage
Projects
- UK Geothermal Platform – Contributing to the delivery of a subsurface heat geospatial platform for the UK, working with UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
- Geothermal Energy from Mines and Solar-Geothermal Heat (GEMS) – Improving the understanding of the flow and heat transport in underground flooded mines using experiment data collected at the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow (EPSRC/NERC funded project, in collaboration with the University of Durham)
ORCID: 0000-0002-8481-0478
Key papers
- Receveur, M, Sigmundsson, F, Drouin, V, and Parks, M. 2019. Ground deformation due to steam cap processes at Reykjanes, SW-Iceland: effects of geothermal exploitation inferred from interferometric analysis of Sentinel-1 images 2015–2017. Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 216 (3), 2183–2212
- Fraser-Harris, A, McDermott, C I, Receveur, M, Mouli-Castillo, J, Todd, F, Cartwright-Taylor, A, Gunning, A, and Parsons, M. 2022. The geobattery concept: a geothermal circular heat network for the sustainable development of near surface low enthalpy geothermal energy to decarbonise heating. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2 (1), p.10047.
- Receveur, M, McDermott, C, Harris, A F, Gilfillan, S, and Watson, I. 2021. Key controls on mine-water temperature in flooded mine shafts: insights from temperature profiles and numerical modelling. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2020+ 1.
- Receveur, M, McDermott, C I, Fraser-Harris, A, Gilfillan, S, and Watson, I. 2024. Quantifying vertical borehole heat exchanger sustainability from a geothermal resource perspective in the UK. Geoenergy, 2 (1), pp.geoenergy2023-040.
- Receveur, M, Gonzalez Quiros, A, Monaghan, A, Starcher, V, Walker-Verkuil, K, Boon, D P, and Van-Hunen, J. (in press). Thermal Response of Heterolithic Deposits in Flooded Coal Mines: Implication for Heat Storage Potential. Geothermics.
- Gonzalez Quiros, A, Receveur, M, Monaghan, A, Starcher, V, Walker-Verkuil, K, and van Hunen, Jeroen. 2025. Influence of mine geometry and working type on groundwater flow and heat transport for geothermal exploitation. In: Valente, Teresa; Mühlbauer, Ritva; Ordóñez, Almudena; Wolkersdorfer, Christian, (eds.) International Mine Water Association Conference 2025 – Time to Come. International Mine Water Association, 377-382, 6pp.
- Numerical modelling (OpenGeoSys, FEFLOW, COMSOL Multiphysics)
- Coding (Python, MATLAB)
- Geological mapping
- Photogrammetry – Drone image acquisition and 3D modelling (Agisoft Metashape)
- ArcGIS and digital mapping
- InSAR processing
- GPS acquisition and data processing
- Distributed Temperature Sensing data processing and analysis
- Geophysical field experience (Gravity, Magnetics, MT, Seismics)
- Geophysical modelling and inversion
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London
- Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)