{"id":20693,"date":"2020-03-05T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/kuras-oliver\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:40:32","slug":"kuras-oliver","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/kuras-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Oliver Kuras"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\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\">Skills &amp; qualifications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-5\">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>Oliver Kuras&#8217;s Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\u00a02001 \u2013 ongoing : Research Geophysicist, BGS<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02003 : PhD University of Nottingham, Environmental Geophysics<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01998 : Gas Technology Hub PhD Studentship Award<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01998 : MSc University of G\u00f6ttingen (Germany), Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>ORCID<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000000326231635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0000000326231635<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Geoelectrical monitoring and observatories<\/li>\n<li>Applications to cryospheric science and permafrost<\/li>\n<li>Applications to nuclear decommissioning and containment monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Capacitive Resistivity Imaging (CRI) &#8211; theory and instrumentation<\/li>\n<li>Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) &#8211; theory and instrumentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current projects and collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\u00a02015 \u2013 ongoing : Principal Investigator: &#8220;<em>Can geoelectrical imaging improve non-destructive evaluation of military assets?<\/em>&#8220;, Ministry of Defence\/Innovate UK.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02009 \u20132015 : Principal Investigator:\u00a0<em>Trial of 4D Cross-Borehole Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) for Detecting and Monitoring Subsurface Leakage and Contaminant Transport, Supporting the Decommissioning of Legacy Silos at Sellafield<\/em>. Collaborators: Prof Andrew Binley, Lancaster Environment Centre; National Nuclear Laboratory. OJEU contract to Sellafield Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02010 \u20132012 : Principal Investigator: \u201c<em>Monitoring the thermal state of permafrost by automated time-lapse capacitive resistivity imaging<\/em>\u201d, NERC grant NE\/I000917\/1 (Technology Proof of Concept). Co-Investigators: Dr Julian Murton, University of Sussex; Dr Michael Krautblatter, University of Bonn.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02012 \u2013 ongoing : Collaborator: &#8220;<em>Predicting Secular Changes in Arsenic Hazard in Circum-Himalayan Groundwaters<\/em>&#8220;, NERC grant NE\/J023833\/1 awarded to Prof David Polya, University of Manchester. Hydrogeophysical characterisation of study site in Cambodia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>KURAS, O, WILKINSON, P B, MELDRUM, P I, OXBY, L, UHLEMANN, S, CHAMBERS, J E, BINLEY, A, GRAHAM, J, SMITH, N T, DEWEY, G, and ATHERTON, N. 2016. Geoelectrical monitoring of simulated subsurface leakage to support high-hazard nuclear decommissioning at the Sellafield Site, UK.\u00a0<em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, Vol. 566-567, 350-359. DOI:10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2016.04.212<\/li>\n<li>MURTON, J B, KURAS, O, KRAUTBLATTER, M, CANE, T, TSCHOFEN, D, UHLEMANN, S, SCHOBER, S, and WATSON, P. 2016. Monitoring rock freezing and thawing by novel geoelectrical and acoustic techniques.\u00a0<em>Journal of Geophysical Research \u2013 Earth Surface<\/em>. DOI:10.1002\/2016JF003948<\/li>\n<li>UHLEMANN, S, and KURAS, O. 2014. Numerical Simulations of Capacitive Resistivity Imaging (CRI) Measurements,\u00a0<em>Near Surface Geophysics<\/em>, Vol. 12(4), 523-537. DOI: 10.3997\/1873-0604.2014008<\/li>\n<li>KURAS, O, WILKINSON, P, MELDRUM, P, OXBY, L, UHLEMANN, S, CHAMBERS, J, BINLEY, A, GRAHAM, J, DEWEY, G, and ATHERTON, N. 2014. A Trial of 4D Cross-Borehole Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) for Detecting and Monitoring Subsurface Leakage and Contaminant Transport, Supporting the Decommissioning of Legacy Silos at the Sellafield Site, UK, in Waste Management Conference 2014, March 2 \u2013 6, 2014, Paper #14161, WM Symposia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.<\/li>\n<li>KURAS, O, PRITCHARD, J D, MELDRUM, P I, CHAMBERS, J E, WILKINSON, P B, OGILVY, R D, and WEALTHALL, G P. 2009. Monitoring hydraulic processes with Automated time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ALERT).<em>\u00a0Comptes Rendus Geoscience &#8211; Special Issue on Hydrogeophysics<\/em>, Vol. 341, 868-\u0080\u0093885.<\/li>\n<li>KURAS, O, MELDRUM, P I, BEAMISH, D, OGILVY, R D, and LALA, D. 2007. Capacitive resistivity imaging with towed arrays.<em>\u00a0Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics<\/em>, Vol. 12, 267-279.<\/li>\n<li>KURAS, O, BEAMISH, D, MELDRUM, P I, and OGILVY, R D. 2006. Fundamentals of the capacitive resistivity technique.<em>\u00a0Geophysics<\/em>, Vol. 71, G135-G152.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Published outputs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/view\/author\/1010.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive \u2014 Dr Oliver Kuras<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Near-surface geophysical methods<\/li>\n<li>Geophysical theory and technique development<\/li>\n<li>Electrical and electromagnetic tomographic imaging methodology<\/li>\n<li>Geoscientific modelling and visualisation<\/li>\n<li>Instrumentation, IT, telemetry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-5\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Professional associations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Board Member and Chair,\u00a0<a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eage.org\/?evp=1935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Near-Surface Geoscience Division<\/a>\u00a0(NSGD), EAGE<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Associate Editor,\u00a0<a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nsg.eage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Near Surface Geophysics<\/a>\u00a0(EAGE)<\/li>\n<li>Chartered Physicist (IoP)<\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\">Past Chair,\u00a0<a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsgg.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Near-Surface Geophysics Group<\/a>\u00a0(NSGG) of the Geological Society<\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for Geophysics, Geophysical Journal International, Vadose Zone Journal, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Near-Surface Geophysics, Science of the Total Environment, Swiss National Science Foundation, EAGE<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of the Geological Society<\/li>\n<li>Member of AGU, SEG, EAGE, DGG<\/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":22283,"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":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[220],"level":[],"location":[154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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