Kishore K Mohanty

Dr. Kishore K. Mohanty received his BS from IIT, Kanpur and PhD from University of Minnesota, both in chemical engineering. He worked at ARCO Oil & Gas Company R&D from 1981-1991 before joining the faculty at the University of Houston where he worked for 17 years. He joined UT PGE in 2009 and was the director of the Center for Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, 2013-2019. He has published more than 300 research papers on transport in porous media, wettability alteration, enhanced oil recovery,...See more

Dr. Kishore K. Mohanty received his BS from IIT, Kanpur and PhD from University of Minnesota, both in chemical engineering. He worked at ARCO Oil & Gas Company R&D from 1981-1991 before joining the faculty at the University of Houston where he worked for 17 years. He joined UT PGE in 2009 and was the director of the Center for Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, 2013-2019. He has published more than 300 research papers on transport in porous media, wettability alteration, enhanced oil recovery, carbon capture and storage, and nanotechnology. He has won several awards from the Society of Petroleum Engineers including SPE John Franklin Carll Award-2022, SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty-2016, AIME/SPE Anthony F. Lucas Technical Leadership Gold Medal-2013, the SPE IOR Pioneer Award-2008, and SPE Distinguished Member-2007 See less