Vanessa Nunez-Lopez

Vanessa Nunez-Lopez (RECS 2005) is Research Scientist Associate IV at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin. Previously, she was a Senior Reservoir Engineer in the Carbon Storage group at Chevron Energy Technology Co. in Houston, Texas where her research focused on site selection and characterization of CCS projects and she represented Chevron in several CCS international joint industry projects (IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale Project, Gulf Coast Carbon Center and the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering's Storage Project, and iCarbon Capture Project). Vanessa has authored and co-authored more than a dozen CCS related publications and received an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering and an M.A. in Energy and Mineral Resources both from The University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. with honors in Petroleum Engineering at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.

RECS was such a valuable experience to me, certainly unique in its kind. I participated in 2005 and found myself in contact with the most current CCS research and the most renowned researchers in the field. A program that has engaged its remarkable faculty for so many years is a must for anybody looking into starting a new career in the carbon management world. We know the industry is facing a critical shortage of CCS specialized personnel and RECS is not only one of the few programs addressing this issue but, to my knowledge, the most complete hands on CCS summer school there is.