Florian OSSELIN

Post-doctoral Researcher
University of Warsaw
Institute of Theoretical Physics
Ul. Pasteura 5
02 - 093
Warsaw Poland

florian.osselin[at]gmail.com

I am an experimental scientist working at the frontier between geosciences, chemistry and microfluidics. I obtained my PhD at Université Paris-Est in 2013 on the mechanical effect of the crystallization of salt during injection of supercritical carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers. Previously I received an engineering degree from ESPCI ParisTech.

My research is focused on the explanation of the coupling between mechanics, hydrodynamics and chemistry in porous media. Indeed, the description of the THMC (Thermo-Hydro-Mechano-Chemical) behavior of a porous medium is of paramount importance in numerous areas including Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), Geothermal applications, Karsts formation and provides exciting and interesting problems to solve.

Currently I am working with Piotr Szymczak on experimental observation of dissolution patterns in porous media or in fractures. Using microfluidics, we aim to have consistent and comprehensive description of the different patterns (homogeneous dissolution, DLA fingering, wormholing...) in terms of Péclet and Damköhler numbers.