Brian Horsfield

Brian Horsfield is co-founder of GEOS4, and CEO. He graduated in Geology from Durham University (U.K.) and obtained his Ph.D in Organic Geochemistry from Newcastle University (U.K.). He has forty-five years of experience in Earth System research and development, beginning with Conoco and Arco exploration research in the seventies and eighties, followed by directorships in deep organic carbon cycles at Helmholtz institutions in Germany.

Brian is an elected member of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Technology. He is Emeritus Professor of Organic Geochemistry and Hydrocarbon Systems at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and is Senior Scientific Advisor to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany. His research interests include quantifying fractionation associated with natural migration and oil production, developing new kinetics models of petroleum generation and most recently quantifying natural organic hydrogen formation in time and space. He has about 300 publications to his name. His published papers include developing evaluation schemes that are now standard in the industry.

Contact me: horsfield@geos4.com

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