Laura Romero-Zeron

Educational background

• PhD (2005) Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary
• MSc (1991) Technology in Forestry Products, Forestry, Los Andes University, Merida, Venezuela
• BSc (1988) Chemical Engineering, Los Andes University, Merida, Venezuela

Academic and research interests

• Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes and oil sweep strategies for conventional and heavy oils
• Biofuels and production of bio-additives
• Crude oil processing and characterization
• Visualization of flow phenomena in porous media at the pore level using micromodels
• Foam technology with applications in EOR processes and soil remediation
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging for EOR applications
• Nanotechnology applications for EOR
• Hydroprocessing of bitumen and heavy oil in supercritical fluids as reaction media
• Natural sorbent materials