{"id":20521,"date":"2020-03-05T13:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/bentham-michelle\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:24:24","slug":"bentham-michelle","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/bentham-michelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Bentham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Michelle Bentham is the chief scientist for decarbonisation and resource management at the British Geological Survey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-2\">Research<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-3\">Publications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-4\">Awards &amp; associations<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Michelle Bentham&#8217;s Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>1995 &#8211; BSc University of Leeds<\/li>\n<li>1998 &#8211; Graduate Geotechnical Engineer at Bullen Consultants<\/li>\n<li>1999 &#8211; MSc Royal Holloway University of London<\/li>\n<li>2000 &#8211; Scientific Officer<\/li>\n<li>2002 &#8211; Higher Scientific officer<\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211; Senior CCS Geologist<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; Head of Partnerships and Innovation<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; Chief scientist, decarbonisation and resource management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>CCS capacity building<\/li>\n<li>Carbon capture and storage<\/li>\n<li>Site characterisation<\/li>\n<li>Multiple use of the subsurface<\/li>\n<li>Subsurface monitoring and verification<\/li>\n<li>Energy geoscience<\/li>\n<li>Assessing CO<sub>2<\/sub> storage potential and methodologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current projects and collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Bunter Sandstone Connectivity (funded by The Crown Estate)<\/li>\n<li>Development of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co2stored.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO<sub>2<\/sub> Storage Evaluation Database<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Geo-Carb-Cymru, Assessing, Characterising and Enhancing Geologic Carbon Storage in Wales<\/li>\n<li>Exploring subsurface management issues with the University of Lancaster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/view\/author\/1339.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive \u2014 Michelle Bentham<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Boards and committees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Expert working group for site selection of CO<sub>2<\/sub> storage sites for ISO T265<\/li>\n<li>Research Area Champion for regulation and site leasing for the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (<a href=\"\/ukccs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UKCCSRC<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Task Force for application of United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources, UNFC 2009, to injection projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":104018,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"82683,67522,71095,81795,81798,83294","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[1222],"level":[1221,171],"location":[154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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