Understanding data and simulations for flows in porous media

Professor Nordbotten is a mathematician with a strong interest for interdisciplinary collaborations. As early as during his PhD, he worked simultaneously on numerical analysis, while collaborating with environmental engineers on issues related to CO2 storage. Since then, he has established interdisciplinary collaborations in biology (theoretical evolution), ecology (water-plant dynamics), geosciences (multiphase subsurface flows, deformation), biomedicine (image processing, fluid dynamics) and computer science (image rendering). Nordbotten has co-authored papers with over 130 researchers, and was the primary author on the first text-book on modelling and simulation of CO2 storage. He has received several prizes, most recently the 2025 Interpore Medal for Porous Media Research.

Figure credits:  Martin Fernø, Lluís Saló-Salgado, Jan Martin Nordbotten