Dr Linda Stalker obtained a BSc. (Hons) in Applied Geology (University of Strathclyde, Scotland) in 1990. She studied petroleum geochemistry of CO₂ in oilfields for her PhD at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1994 she joined the University of Oklahoma (USA) to study organosulphur compounds trapped in coals. From 1996 she worked in petroleum E&P at Statoil, in Norway, including 2 years on the Sleipner Field. She joined CSIRO in 2000 and has held numerous management positions while maintaining research expertise in hydrocarbon E&P and carbon storage research. She is currently a senior principal research scientist and GISERA State Leader for WA, SA and Vic. https://people.csiro.au/S/L/Linda-Stalker

With over 25-year experience in subsea development projects within engineering and marine operations (SURF) in the Oil and Gas industry, Cristel has worked both for a Contractor for over 10 years and for an Energy Company, Equinor for over 15 years. During this time, she has held several positions on a wide range of development projects, from early phase to execution, including decommissioning, in various areas both onshore and offshore, in Europe and West Africa. Cristel hold a Master’s Degree (Hons) in Marine Engineering from Ecole Centrale Marseille, France.

For four years, Cristel has led the SURF work of the Northern Lights project (for transport, storage and injection of captured CO2 on the NCS) under the Norwegian Longship project (full scale CCS demonstration project), until 2020 when she took the role of Technical Director in the Northern Lights Joint Venture established between Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies.

Alex joined the Global CCS Institute in 2016 and is accountable for managing the Institute’s consultancy services and thought-leadership research. The first 12 years of Alex’s career were in Government and the university sector focused on radiation safety, nuclear policy and environmental regulation. After 5 years as an Assistant Secretary in the Australian Environment Department, Alex joined Rio Tinto where he held a number of roles with a focus on energy and climate. Alex has worked on issues associated with climate change and specifically on carbon capture and storage since 2006. Alex has a Degree in Applied Science with a major in Physics, a Graduate Diploma in Health & Medical Physics and an MBA.

Kevin Dodds

Kevin is GM Research CCS ANLEC R&D based in Canberra Australia since 2015 with responsibility for commissioning CCS research for acceleration of the CCS flagship demonstration projects in Australia. These projects are the offshore Gippsland basin CarbonNet project, the land based CTSCo project in the Surat Basin and the SWHub project in the southern Perth Basin. Prior to this he was Lead Geological Integrity and Monitoring for BP Alternative Energy in Houston where he coordinated the monitoring projects in the CO2 Capture Project consortium.  He lead Monitoring and Verification (CO2CRC) Otway project while Geophysics Research Manager for Petroleum in CSIRO. He was borehole seismic and sonic technology coordinator for Schlumberger Paris with field and engineering oversight postings. Kevin has chaired US DOE project review committees. He has been a member of the IEAGHG M&V review team for Weyburn, and reviewer for monitoring research proposals for Carbon Management Canada. He has been on the steering committee and co-chaired the IEAGHG R&D Monitoring and Risk networks. In 2011 and 2012 Kevin was co-chair of the Alberta Government regulatory advisory working group on MMV. Kevin is also a member of the ISO 265 Australian mirror committee. He has been variously, past President of the Australian SEG, Pacific Region coordinator for the SEG, and past Chairman of the Australian Geoscience Council.