Michael Leslie Johns

Mike has been engaged in applied research at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Western Australia for over two decades, covering a very wide remit from food to oil and gas engineering. At UWA he co-leads the Fluid Science and Resources Research Group (1) which houses over 40 research workers and is also currently the research director of the Future Energy Exports CRC (2) which features hydrogen export as one of its themes. With respect to hydrogen, he works on optimising liquefaction processes and hydrogen supply chains including combined blue and green hydrogen production. Previously he worked on reservoir simulations (as well as the required experimental dispersion measurements) for enhanced gas recovery processes; this skill set is currently being applied to underground hydrogen storage. He has published over 350 international peer-reviewed papers, holds seven patents and has participated in three spin-off companies.

(1) http://fsr.ecm.uwa.edu.au/
(2) https://www.fenex.org.au/