Dr. Hon Chung Lau graduated from Caltech and Princeton with B.Sc. and PhD in Chemical Engineering, respectively. He then worked for Shell for 35 years in its global upstream business. He held positions in R&D, technology deployment, operations, technical training, recruiting, project management and technical leadership. Within Shell, he was subject matter expert in Enhanced Oil Recovery, Sand Control and Smart Wells. After Shell, he joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) as professor of practice and spearheaded the petroleum engineering program between 2016-2021. He taught and conducted research in unconventional and renewable energies. In 2021, he retired from NUS and founded Low Carbon Energies LLC.
Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna is a professor at the Mechanical
Engineering Department of National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of
UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Indian National Academy of
Engineering, and Singapore’s Academy of Engineering. He holds the Everest Chair
and Chair of Circular Economy Taskforce.
He is among the world’s most influential scientific minds (Thomson
Reuters) and is a highly cited researcher in cross-fields and materials
(Clarivate). He holds a PhD from
Cambridge University and TGMP from Harvard University.
Kai Zhang holds a PhD (University of Calgary), a MSc (Norwegian University of Science & Technology) and a BSc (China University of Petroleum (East China)), all in petroleum engineering. After his PhD studies, Kai worked as a reservoir engineer in an energy company in Calgary where he specialized in CO2-enhanced oil recovery. He then joined Prof Lau’s team in the NUS as a research fellow and conducted research in energy transition. He is currently a research fellow at University of Calgary and continues his research in the energy transition.
Harsha Bokka holds a MSc in mechanical engineering (Hong Kong U of Sci & Tech) and a MSc in Petroleum Projects and Offshore Technology (NUS). After graduation, he joined Prof Lau’s team in NUS as a research engineer and conducted research on carbon capture and storage (CCS). His research interest includes CCS, enhanced oil recovery, energy sustainability, unconventional and renewable energies, energy economics and policy.
