Overview of GASH members and their field of work

The GASH team is mainly European, but with the right mixture of American-based experience and know-how. There are three large research institutions at the heart of GASH: the Institut Français du Pétrole (France), TNO (The Netherlands) and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany). Leading universities include: Newcastle (UK), RWTH Aachen University, FU Berlin, Clausthal, Leipzig (all Germany), and VU Amsterdam (The Netherlands). More than twenty national and state geological surveys play a central role not only in regional analysis and application, but also in basic research.

European black shale database

Hans Doornenbal, Susanne Nelskamp, Tom van der Putte (TNO)

Regional consultants for natural research laboratories

US basins - Dan Jarvie (Worldwide Geochemistry, USA)
Alum Shale - Niels Schovsbo (GEUS, Denmark)
Posidonia Shale (Hils Syncline) - Ulrich Mann (FZ Jülich, Germany)

Shale diagenesis and overpressure prediction

Andrew Aplin and team (Newcastle University)

Organic geochemistry and basin modelling

Brian Horsfield, Hans-Martin Schulz, Rolando di Primio, Maria Mendez, Alexander Hartwig, Tiem Vu Anh (GFZ Potsdam), Benjamin Bruns (RWTH Aachen University) Dan Jarvie (Worldwide Geochemistry)

Modelling of chemical and physical change, and rock properties

Isabelle Moretti, Francoise Behar, Jean-Marc Daniel (IFP)

Transport through shales

Bernd Krooss, Ralf Littke, Alexandra Amann, Matus Gasparik, Amin Ghanizadeh (RWTH Aachen  University)

Deformation and Rheology

Georg Dresen, Andreas Reinicke, Erik Rybacki, Masline Makasi (GFZ Potsdam)

Geophysics

Oliver Ritter, Christian Haberland, Klaus Bauer, Michael Weber (GFZ Potsdam)

Tectonics

Jan-Diderik van Wees (TNO), Sierd Cloetingh and team (VU University of Amsterdam)

NMR

Frank Stallmach, Jörg Kärger (University of Leipzig)

Geomicrobiology

Martin Krüger and team (BGR Hannover)