Dr Helen Turnell

Helen joined LSBU in 2012 following c. 30 years in Industry, mainly BP, where her career evolved from geophysical research and technological applications for acreage/prospect evaluation, to licence management and a series of global project management/QA roles.
A geophysicist by background, she is focussed on applying technical skills required to study the Earth to a range of de-carbonisation disciplines.
There are regional-scale opportunities for energy storage and supply within the Earth’s subsurface which align well with the UK’s need to decarbonise heat and improve energy security. Helen is currently engaged in developing novel sources of geothermal fluid.

Dr Turnell's current research interests include geoscience applications relevant to de-carbonisation. She has recently joined the LSBU GreenSCIES project where her focus is developing additional geographic centres, specifically reviewing the potential for heat from mine-water.
Find out more about GreenSCIES on https://www.greenscies.com/
https://smartenergysystems.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3-3_AkosReveszSESAAU2019.pdf
In addition, she is collaborating with colleagues at Durham University on considering water flowing through deeply buried karst.
On return to Academia from Industry, Helen collaborated on a paper detailing the operational history of the Hutton Field (North Sea) as part of a review volume on the recent North Sea activity edited by Professor Jon Gluyas of Durham University. (Geol Soc Memoir)
Dr Turnell produced several publications on paleomagnetism and plate tectonics (1980s/90s). Basin development/modelling formed her early academic and BP research career.