Dr Domenico Chiarella

• Reader in Sedimentary Geology - Royal Holloway University of London 2020-date
• Director MSc Energy Geosciences - Royal Holloway University of London 2019-date
• Senior Lecturer in Sedimentary Geology - Royal Holloway University of London 2019-2020
• Lecturer in Sedimentary Geology - Royal Holloway University of London 2016-2019
• Senior Sedimentologists - Rocksource Exploration/Point Resources (Oslo, Norway) 2014-2016
• Senior Geologist - Weatherford Petroleum Consultants (Bergen, Norway) 2012-2014
• PostDoc - Italian National Research Council (Tito, Italy) 2011-2012
• Ph.D. - Depositional processes in tidally-controlled mixed siliciclastic-bioclastic systems (University of Basilicata, Italy) 2007-2011

My research focuses on the sedimentology of (i) mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits, (ii) tidally-dominated sandbodies accumulated in confined settings, (iii) deltaic to shallow-marine clastic depositional systems, and (iv) bottom current/contourite deposits using outcrop and subsurface datasets. My current interest is focused on the understanding of depositional systems and their reservoir characterization for hydrocarbon or carbon storage distribution.

I have a PhD from the University of Basilicata (Italy) on the sedimentology of mixed siliciclastic-carbonate tidally-dominated deposits accumulated in confined settings, and a Postdoc with the Italian National Research Council (CNR). I worked in Norwegian E&P companies for 5 years, with experience in exploration and production. Since September 2016, I work as a Sedimentary Geologist and coordinator of MSc courses in Sedimentology and Energy Geoscience at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Currently Associate Editor of the journal “Marine and Petroleum Geology”