The institute’s mission is to conduct fundamental scientific research that tackles critical challenges related to energy supply, storage, and usage, along with environmental impact. To address this broad range of complex issues, we employ a combination of experimental and theoretical modelling, grounded primarily in the principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and surface science.
Our strength lies in our highly interdisciplinary nature; the institute offers a unique space for expert mathematicians, physicists, chemists, earth scientists, and engineers to work together to shed light on some of the world’s most pressing issues. We believe this is a crucial advantage due to the inherently multi-faceted nature of the problems we are trying to solve.

Laboratory experiment modelling the dissolution of capillary-trapped CO2 in an aquifer