PoreLab is a Norwegian Center of Excellence created in 2017 and situated at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, and the University of Oslo (UiO). It focuses on the physics of porous media using experimental, theoretical and computational methods. It is led by seven principal scientists from physics, chemistry and reservoir engineering.

PoreLab Lecture Series

Do you wish to receive the invitations to the PoreLab lectures? Contact Marie-Laure Olivier here: Marie-Laure.Olivier@ntnu.no

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Porous Media Tea Time Talk (#PorousMediaTTT)

Welcome to the Webinar series

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PoreLab Journal Club

The idea is for the juniors to present a recent paper with a short preparation time, Papers are then peer-reviewed by the group.

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Porelab Early Career Lecture on Enabling Fast 4D X-ray CT in the home-lab with Machine Learning

Who: Giacomo Luani, PhD candidate at the Porous Media Physics section, Department of Physics, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway When: Wednesday 1 October, between 13:00 and 14:00 CET (Norway time) Where: The lecture will be in-person in the common room (PoreLab Trondheim) and streamed in the Kelvin room ( Porelab Oslo). From anywhere else, you will be

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Welcome to Vitor!

Vitor Heitor Cardoso Cunha joined PoreLab at the Department of Chemistry, NTNU, on September 1st, 2025, as postdoctoral researcher. This is a 3-year contract. His research focuses on the theoretical and computational study of complex fluid systems, with emphasis on dynamical systems modeling, wetting and capillarity, and liquid-vapor phase transitions at sub-micron scales. Vitor holds

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Welcome to Mohammad!

Mohammad Hassan Taleghani joined PoreLab on August 4th, 2025, as a PhD candidate. He completed his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering, and he is interested in a wide range of topics within fluid mechanics, multi-phase flow, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. He likes to combine numerical, experimental, and analytical methods to address fundamental questions in fluid

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COSY Semester Opening Event

The COmputational multi-Scale materials societY (COSY) Gemini senter event will be held on August 22, 2025, at Realfagbygget, NTNU. The morning talks will cover a range of length scales of interest to materials simulation, and in the afternoon, Dr. Alin Marin Elena from the Daresbury Laboratory, UK, will speak on Machine Learned Potentials. A light lunch will be

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Welcome to Anisa!

Anisa Nugrahaningtyas joined PoreLab at the Department of Geosciences, NTNU, on July 1st, 2025, as PhD candidate. She completed her M.Sc degree in Petroleum Engineering from Khalifa University, UAE, in August 2023. The title of her master thesis was: Evaluation of Customized Polyacrylamide Based Co-Polymers for EOR Application through Integrated Screening Approach. She hold a

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Welcome to Johannes!

Johannes Salomonsen Løken joined PoreLab on February 24th, 2025, as PhD candidate at the Department of Chemistry. He earned his master’s degree in Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology with a specialization in Advanced Theoretical Chemistry in 2024. Johannes presents his PhD topic as follow: My PhD project is part of the ERC-funded project Interlab: “Unravelling the

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InterPore 2026: SAVE the DATE

InterPore 18th Annual Meeting, InterPore2026, will be held in Nantes, France, on May 19-22, 2026 (Conference Courses: 18 & 23 May, 2025). Nantes is a major European metropolis that offers a dynamic blend of innovation, accessibility, and cultural appeal. At the heart of a university research hub with over 40,000 students, and strong academic sectors in healthcare and engineering,

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FALL 2025/2026 COURSE: “EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN POROUS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS” (FYS 4420/FYS9420) AT University of Oslo (UIO)

PoreLab’s course ” Experimental techniques in porous and complex systems ” is traditionally offered in the fall semester each year, which is the case this year as well. The course is two-tiered and both, Ph.D. and master students are encouraged to take it. The code for the Ph.D. level is FYS9240. The master level code

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PoreLab lecture with Associate Professor Davide Picchi on Taylor bubbles improve mixing and mass transfer – is it true?”

Who: Associate professor Davide Picchi from the University of Brescia, Italy When:  Wednesday 25 June,  between 11:00 and 12:00 CET (Norway time). Note that it is at 11 instead of the usual 13:00 Where: The lecture will be in-person in the common room (PoreLab Trondheim). From anywhere else, you will be able to join via the following Zoom

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Defense of thesis: Fazel Mirzaei

FAZEL MIRZAEI – THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Fazel Mirzaei has submitted the following academic thesis as part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): “Neutron and X-ray microscopy of water dynamics, liquefaction and ice formation in porous media” Assessment Committee The Faculty of Natural Sciences has appointed the following Assessment

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Open PhD position in experimental fluid mechanics: tunable hairy surfaces for droplet flow control at the University of Oslo

Read about the advertisement and apply for the job here: PhD Research Fellow in Experimental Fluid Mechanics: Tunable hairy surfaces for droplet flow control (280936) | University of Oslo Deadline: 9 June 2025 About the position A PhD Research Fellowship is available at the Department of Mathematics in the research group of Prof. Andreas Carlson

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