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Ray is currently Professor of Well Engineering & Production Technology in the School of Chemical Engineering and Energi Simulation Co-chair in the Centre for Natural Gas. There he is researching projects related to low permeability, unconventional reservoirs (i.e., tight gas, coal seam gas, shale gas reservoir). In addition, he is an instructor and course coordinator in several courses in the ME Petroleum Engineering program at the University of Queensland.

Outside of teaching and research, Prof Johnson is the Principal at Unconventional Reservoir Solutions, a provider of reservoir engineering, stimulation consulting, and training services to the petroleum and mining industry, focusing on unconventional resources such as gas or oil from coal, shale, or naturally fractured reservoirs.

From 2014 to 2020 Ray was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the ASP, University of Adelaide.

Dr Aditya Khanna is a Lecturer (Applied Mechanics) at The University of Queensland (commenced 2023). Prior to joining UQ, Aditya worked as an engineering consultant (dynamics and vibration) at Vipac Engineers & Scientists Ltd and held an adjunct lecturer appointment at The University of Adelaide. Aditya's research and industry consulting background is in the areas of: stress analysis, fatigue and fracture assessment, structural dynamics, vibration control, and non-destructive testing,

Dr Li has a broad interest in geoscience, with specialised expertise in geophysics and geomechanics applications for resource and geoenergy exploration and development.

Jimmy obtained a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from China University of Petroleum in 2007. He then spent a decade at Halliburton Energy Services, working in various technical and management roles within the Sperry Drilling division. During his industry career, he was involved in multiple onshore and offshore drilling and geophysical logging projects, including the Shell Changbei project, ConocoPhillips Penglai offshore project, PetroChina Tarim Basin project, and BG Lingshui deepwater exploration project.

In 2021, he completed a PhD in Petroleum Engineering at Curtin University. His doctoral research led to the development of a new theory on wettability-affected wave propagation in fluid-saturated porous media, which in turn enabled the development of an experimental method for characterising rock wettability using elastic wave measurements. This research established a strong theoretical and experimental foundation for the development of multi-frequency sonic logging tools for formation wettability assessment.

Since joining The University of Queensland in 2021, Dr Li's research has focused on theoretical and experimental studies in rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering for underground mining and drilling applications. In 2022, he played a key role in establishing the Quality Management System (QMS) for the Mechanical Testing Laboratory, which subsequently received NATA accreditation for rock mechanics measurement.

Tony is an expert mining structural geologist who applies his skills to problems of deep earth mass mining, giant open pits, near-mine exploration, and the local and regional lithostructural controls on complex metalliferous mineral deposits. As a Senior Research Fellow in mining and engineering geology at the University of Queensland, Tony’s pioneering research focussed on the geological modelling and data inputs required for planning deep cave mining operations, an area that had received little previous consideration from geologists. He led the Geology and Mass Mining Project (GMM), which examined the geoscientific inputs required for exploring, defining, establishing, and mining block and sub-level caving operations that were being developed on giant porphyry copper-gold systems and IOCG deposits. While much research was being done in Australia to explore the deep earth environment, very little was being done to model the geology of large and deep mineralized systems, and then to use the new data and models to plan and extract any large discoveries made. Tony’s pioneering work was some of the first and most comprehensive to be done in this field.

• Fellow and chartered professional (geology) of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists
• Fellow of the Geological Society
• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists
• Member, Geological Society of Australia
• Member, Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology

Tony is presently a Principal Structural Geologist with a Brisbane-based geophysical and geological consulting group.