Dr Corinna Abesser is a hydrogeologist and numerical modeller at the British Geological Survey (BGS) with more than 18 years professional experience in environmental and energy-related research. She joined BGS in 2003 after earning an MSc in Hydrogeology from the Technical University Berlin (Germany) and a PhD in Hydrochemistry from the University of St Andrews (UK). Her career included research and supervisory roles on projects related to resource assessment and sustainable use, environmental impacts and policy. Since February 2018, she leads the Geothermal Energy Programme at the BGS, developing research programmes for shallow and deep geothermal energy applications. Her research interest include subsurface governance and management, resource characterisation as well as investigating permeability controls in different geothermal plays. 

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