Zou Shuangmei, female, Associate Professor, PhD/Master supervisor. Head of the national-level first-class undergraduate course "Oil and Gas Development Geology" MOOC, PhD graduate from the University of New South Wales, Australia (ranked in the top 50 globally), and selected for the "Geo-Scholar" Young Excellent Talent Program at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). She has long been engaged in research on oil and gas development, rock physics, and multiphase flow. She has led one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation and one by the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and has participated as a key team member in two national major projects. She has also undertaken more than 10 provincial, ministerial, and industry-funded research projects. She has published 10 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author in high-level journals such as WRR, JGR: Solid Earth, and SPE Journal.

In terms of teaching, she has won the Petroleum Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award and multiple awards in the Teacher Teaching Innovation Competition at China University of Geosciences. She has been repeatedly recognized as an "Outstanding Advisor" in the China Petroleum Engineering Design Competition by the Chinese Petroleum Society.

Research Direction:

Her research mainly focuses on high-resolution imaging techniques for multiphase flow (such as high-resolution micro-CT and microfluidic experiments), numerical simulations, digital material characterization, and porous media imaging and modeling. These techniques are applied to future energy technologies, including underground hydrogen storage (UHS), carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), and geothermal reservoir engineering.

Major Research Projects:

1. "15th Five-Year Plan" New Oil and Gas Exploration and Development National Science and Technology Major Project: Key Technology Demonstration for Enhanced Oil Recovery by Gas Injection in Tight Sandstone, 2025.06-2030.12, ongoing, core team member.

2. 2025 National Major Science and Technology Project for Deep Earth: Coupling Mechanisms of Heat-Flow-Gas and Prediction Methods for Enrichment Zones in Igneous Rocks, 2025.06-2029.07, ongoing, core team member.

3. Development Testing and Effective Utilization Countermeasures for Different Carbonate Reservoirs in Jianghan, 2024.10-2026.10, ongoing, major participant.

4. Formation Mechanism of Residual Oil in Low Permeability Reservoirs and Oil-Water Flow Characteristics, National Natural Science Youth Fund, 2022.01-2024.12, project leader, completed.

5. The Impact of Wettability on Two-Phase Flow and Residual Oil Entrapment: Microfluidic Experiments and Numerical Simulation, Hubei Provincial Natural Science General Project (Youth Group), 2020.10-2022.03, project leader, completed.

Representative Papers as First or Corresponding Author:

1. Kang N, Zou S*, Chen D, Tao H, Li H, Guo Z, Xie C, Armstrong R, Hu X. Insights into Interfacial Dynamics and Displacement Patterns during Immiscible Two-Phase Porous Media Flow under Controlled Viscosity and Wettability Conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2025 May; 130(5): e2024JB030989. (Nature Index, JCR Q1 Top).

2. Zou, S*., Chen, D., Kang, N., Xie, C., Armstrong, R. T., & Cai, J. (2024). An Experimental Investigation on the Energy Signature Associated with Multiphase Flow in Porous Media Displacement Regimes. Water Resources Research, 60(3): e2023WR036241. ( JCR Q1).

3. Zou, S*., Zhang, Y., & Ma, L. Revealing Subsurface Dynamics: Imaging Techniques for Optimizing Underground Energy Storage. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2024, 12(1): 1-7.

4. Zou, S*.; Xu, P.; Xie, C.; Deng, X.; Tang, H. Characterization of Two-Phase Flow from Pore-Scale Imaging Using Fractal Geometry under Water-Wet and Mixed-Wet Conditions. Energies, 2022, 15(11): 2036.

5. Zou, S*., Liu, Y., Cai, J., & Armstrong, R. T. (2020). Influence of Capillarity on Relative Permeability in Fractional Flows. Water Resources Research, 56(11). ( JCR Q1).

6. Zou, S*., Armstrong, R. T. (2019). Multiphase Flow under Heterogeneous Wettability Condition Studied by Special Core Analysis and Pore-Scale Imaging. SPE Journal. (JCR Q1).

7. Zou, S., Armstrong, R. T., Arns, J., Arns, C.H., & Hussain, F. (2018). Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for Increased Ganglion Dynamics During Fractional Flow in Mixed-Wet Porous Media. Water Resources Research, 54.

8. Zou, S., Hussain, F., Arns, J., Guo, Z., & Arns, C.H. (2018). Computation of Relative Permeability from In Situ Imaged Fluid Distributions at the Pore Scale. SPE Journal.

Other Collaborative Papers:

1. Cai J, Qin X, Wang H, Xia Y, Zou S. Pore-Scale Investigation of Forced Imbibition in Porous Rocks through Interface Curvature and Pore Topology Analysis. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2024 Jul 14.

2. Cai J, Jin T, Kou J, Zou S, Xiao J, Meng Q. Lucas–Washburn Equation-Based Modeling of Capillary-Driven Flow in Porous Systems. Langmuir, 2021; 37(5): 1623-36.

3. Cai, J., P. Ø. Andersen, & S. Zou. Capillarity in Porous Media: Recent Advances and Challenges. Oil & Gas Science and Technology–Revue d’IFP Energies Nouvelles, 2021, 76: E3.

4. Cai J*, Xia Y, Lu C, Bian H, Zou S. Creeping Microstructure and Fractal Permeability Model of Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoir. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 Feb 7:104282.

5. Cai J*, Li C, Song K, Zou S, Yang Z, Shen Y, Meng Q, Liu Y. The Influence of Salinity and Mineral Components on Spontaneous Imbibition in Tight Sandstone. Fuel, 2020 Feb 28:117087.

Academic Positions:

1. 2023-Present: Young Editorial Board Member, Advances in Geo-Energy Research.

2. 2023-Present: Member, Hubei Province Committee on Permeability Mechanics.

3. 2025-Present: Member, Hydrogeophysics Subcommittee, Chinese Geophysical Society.

4. 2020-2021: Guest Editor, Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Special Issue on "Capillarity in Porous Media: Recent Advances and Challenges".

5. 2021-Present: Guest Editor, CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences – Special Issue on "Modeling of Fluids Flow in Unconventional Reservoirs".

6. Reviewer for Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Geofluids, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

Teaching Projects:

1. "Oil and Gas Development Geology" Course Ideology and Construction, University-level Teaching Project, 2024.08-Present, Project Leader, Ongoing.

2. "Oil and Gas Development Geology" MOOC Construction, Central University Undergraduate Teaching Reform Fund MOOC Project, 2020.07-2022.07, Project Leader, Completed.

3. "Comprehensive Construction of First-Class Courses to Improve Undergraduate Education Quality – A Case Study of Petroleum Engineering," Provincial Teaching Reform Project, 2021.9-2022.9, Project Participant (4/7), Completed.