Inga Berre is professor at the Department of Mathematics and director of the Center for Modeling of Coupled Subsurface Dynamics (CSD) at the University of Bergen. She also leads the Porous Media Research Group. In 2023 she was named Argyris Visiting Professor at the SimTech Cluster of Excellence, University of Stuttgart. 

Her main research interests are mathematical modelling, partial differential equations and numerical methods, motivated by simulation of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical processes in subsurface systems and fault reactivation induced by injection and production. Within this area, she is principle investigator of multiple research projects, including the ERC Consolidator Grant: "Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of Process-Structure Interaction in Fractured Geothermal Systems" (MaPSI, 2021-2026). 

Inga Berre has served in multiple elected leadership positions, including the SIAM Council (member, 2022-2027), SIAM GS activity group (chair 2021-2022), SET-Plan Deep Geothermal Implementation Working Group (co-chair, 2019-2021), and the Joint Program Geothermal, European Energy Research Alliance (chair, 2018-2021). She is member of five Scientific Advisory Boards, including the Scientific Advisory Council of GFZ (2024-2027) and the Advisory Board of SFB1313, University of Stuttgart (2018-). She is Associate Editor for Geothermal Energy, Springer (2020-) og ARC Geophysical Research (2024-), and she is member of the Editorial Boards for Interpore Journal  (2023-) and Advances in Geo-energy Research (AGER).

At the University of Bergen, Inga Berre is a member of The University Board (2021-2025). She has served on multiple boards for the Research Council of Norway, including the Portfolio Board for Natural Science and Technology (2019-2023) and the Division for Science Board (2015-2019). 

Berre is elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (2017-), and she is member of the Association for ERC Grantees. She received the 2011 Meltzer Award for Young Researchers.

Inga Berre has been responsible for teaching and developing courses at undergraduate and graduate level on calculus, functional analysis, mathematical modelling, and numerical methods and energy. In 2015 she was responsible for the one-week course "Future Energy Landscapes" at the Bergen Summer Research School - The Sustainable Development Goals. 

Inga Berre has graduated 30 master students, 20 as main advisor. She has graduated 13 PhD students:

• Hau Trung Dang, Simulation of fracture slip and propagation in hydraulic stimulation of geothermal reservoirs, 2023
• Mohammad Nezhadali, Multilevel assimilation of inverted seismic data, 2023 (co-advisor)
• Ivar Stefansson, Modelling and simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fractured porous media, 2021
• Runar Berge, Numerical methods for coupled processes in fractured porous media, 2019
• Michael Sargado, Phase-field modeling and simulation of brittle fracture, 2019 (co-advisor)
• Mats Brun, Upscaling, analysis and iterative numerical solution schemes for thermo-poroelasticity, 2019 (co-advisor)
• Wietse Boon, Conforming discretizations of mixed-dimensional partial differential equations, 2018 (co-advisor)
• Eren Uçar, Numerical modeling of shear stimulation in naturally fractured geothermal reservoir, 2018
• Odd Andersen, Simplified models for numerical simulation of geological CO2 storage, 2016
• Pål N. Sævik, Upscaling and parameter identification for fractured reservoirs, 2015
• Carina Bringedal, Mathematical modeling of natural convection and fluid-rock interaction in geothermal systems, 2015
• Tor Harald Sandve, Multiscale simulation of flow and heat transport in fractured geothermal reservoirs, 2013
• Sigvat Stensholt, Lattice-Boltzmann modeling of spatial variation in surface tension and wetting effects, 2011 (co-advisor)

2024

• Banshoya, Shin Irgens; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2024). A discrete fracture matrix framework for simulating single-phase flow and non-isothermal reactive transport. (external link)
• Dang, Trung Hau; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga (2024). Modelling of mixed-mechanism stimulation for the enhancement of geothermal reservoirs. (external link)
• Stefansson, Ivar; Varela, Jhabriel; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2024). Flexible and rigorous numerical modelling of multiphysics processes in fractured porous media using PorePy. (external link)
• Berge, Runar Lie; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2024). Numerical Simulations of Viscous Fingering in Fractured Porous Media. (external link)
• Zabegaev, Yury; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Iversen, Einar et al. (2024). Automated linear solver selection for simulation of multiphysics processes in porous media. (external link)
• Lipovac, Veljko; Duran Triana, Omar Yesid; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2024). Unified flash calculations with isenthalpic and isochoric constraints. (external link)

2023

• Duran Triana, Omar Yesid; Lipovac, Veljko; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2023). An isenthalpic formulation for simulating geothermal systems with phase changes. (external link)
• Halldorsdottir, Sæunn; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2023). Crustal Conditions Favoring Convective Downward Migration of Fractures in Deep Hydrothermal Systems. (external link)
• Banshoya, Shin Irgens; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2023). Simulation of Reactive Transport in Fractured Porous Media. (external link)
• Shekhar, Ujjwal; Jakobsen, Morten; Iversen, Einar et al. (2023). Microseismic wavefield modelling in anisotropic elastic media using integral equation method. (external link)
• Banshoya, Shin Irgens; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga (2023). Simulation of reactive transport in fractured geothermal reservoirs. (external link)

2022

• Dang, Trung Hau; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2022). Two-level simulation of injection-induced fracture slip and wing-crack propagation in poroelastic media. (external link)

2021

• Stefansson, Ivar; Berge, Runar Lie; Berre, Inga et al. (2021). Modelling of Thermally Induced Fracture Slip caused by Fluid Injection During Geothermal Production. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Boon, Wietse; Flemisch, Bernd et al. (2021). Verification benchmarks for single-phase flow in three-dimensional fractured porous media. (external link)
• Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berge, Runar Lie; Fumagalli, Alessio et al. (2021). PorePy: an open-source software for simulation of multiphysics processes in fractured porous media. (external link)
• Stefansson, Ivar; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga (2021). A fully coupled numerical model of thermo-hydro-mechanical processes and fracture contact mechanics in porous media. (external link)
• Starnoni, Michele; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2021). Modeling and discretization of flow in porous media with thin, full-tensor permeability inclusions. (external link)
• Keilegavlen, Eirik; Duboeuf, Laure; Dichiarante, Anna Maria et al. (2021). Hydro-mechanical simulation and analysis of induced seismicity for a hydraulic stimulation test at the Reykjanes geothermal field, Iceland. (external link)
• Stefansson, Ivar; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Halldorsdottir, Sæunn et al. (2021). Numerical Modelling of Convection-Driven Cooling, Deformation and Fracturing of Thermo-Poroelastic Media. (external link)
• Sargado, Juan Michael Uy Villanueva; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga et al. (2021). A combined finite element–finite volume framework for phase-field fracture. (external link)

2020

• Berre, Inga; Stefansson, Ivar; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2020). Fault slip in hydraulic stimulation of geothermal reservoirs: Governing mechanisms and process-structure interaction. (external link)
• Dang, Hau Trung; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga (2020). Numerical modeling of wing crack propagation accounting for fracture contact mechanics. (external link)
• Brun, Mats Kirkesæther; Wick, Thomas; Berre, Inga et al. (2020). An iterative staggered scheme for phase field brittle fracture propagation with stabilizing parameters. (external link)
• Stefansson, Ivar; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2020). Finite Volume Discretisation of Fracture Deformation in Thermo-poroelastic Media. (external link)
• Brun, Mats Kirkesæther; Ahmed, Elyes; Berre, Inga et al. (2020). Monolithic and splitting solution schemes for fully coupled quasi-static thermo-poroelasticity with nonlinear convective transport. (external link)

2019

• Berge, Runar Lie; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2019). Reactivation of fractures in subsurface reservoirs - A numerical approach using a static-dynamic friction model. (external link)
• Starnoni, Michele; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2019). Anisotropic Poroelastoplastic Constitutive Model of Fractured Rocks. (external link)
• Berge, Runar Lie; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2019). Finite volume discretization for poroelastic media with fractures modeled by contact mechanics. (external link)
• Starnoni, Michele; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2019). Consistent MPFA Discretization for Flow in the Presence of Gravity. (external link)
• Radu, Florin Adrian; Kumar, Kundan; Berre, Inga et al. (2019). Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications ENUMATH 2017. (external link)
• Dang, Hau Trung; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga (2019). Numerical investigation of wing crack initiation and propagation due to shear slip. (external link)
• Halldorsdottir, Sæunn; Axelsson, Gudni; Berre, Inga et al. (2019). Enhanced fluid convection and heat transfer near the bottom of the IDDP-1 well in Krafla, NE Iceland. (external link)
• Fumagalli, Alessio; Berre, Inga; Formaggia, Luca et al. (2019). Numerical Methods for Processes in Fractured Porous Media. (external link)

2018

• Berre, Inga; Doster, Florian; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2018). Flow in Fractured Porous Media: A Review of Conceptual Models and Discretization Approaches. (external link)
• Brun, Mats Kirkesæther; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin et al. (2018). Upscaling of the coupling of hydromechanical and thermal processes in a quasi-static poroelastic medium. (external link)
• Stefansson, Ivar; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2018). Finite-volume discretisations for flow in fractured porous media. (external link)
• Ucar, Eren; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga et al. (2018). A finite-volume discretization for deformation of fractured media. (external link)
• Flemisch, Bernd; Berre, Inga; Boon, Wietse et al. (2018). Benchmarks for single-phase flow in fractured porous media. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Berge, Runar Lie; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2018). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of fracture reactivation due to fluid injection in geothermal reservoirs. (external link)
• Ucar, Eren; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2018). Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Shear Stimulation of Fractured Reservoirs. (external link)

2017

• Ucar, Eren; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2017). Postinjection normal closure of fractures as a mechanism for induced seismicity. (external link)
• Sævik, Pål Næverlid; Lien, Martha; Berre, Inga (2017). History matching of dual continuum reservoirs?preserving consistency with the fracture model. (external link)
• Nissen, Anna; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Sandve, Tor Harald et al. (2017). Heterogeneity preserving upscaling for heat transport in fractured geothermal reservoirs. (external link)
• Sargado, Juan Michael; Keilegavlen, Eirik; Berre, Inga et al. (2017). High-accuracy phase-field models for brittle fracture based on a new family of degradation functions. (external link)

2016

• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Pop, Iuliu Sorin et al. (2016). Upscaling of Nonisothermal Reactive Porous Media Flow under Dominant Péclet Number: The Effect of Changing Porosity. (external link)
• Ucar, Eren; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2016). Modelling of the Shear Dilation Based Hydraulic Stimulation in Enhanced Geothermal Systems Considering Fractures in Different Scales. (external link)

2015

• Ucar, Eren; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik (2015). Simulation of Slip-Induced Permeability Enhancement Accounting For Multiscale Fractures. (external link)
• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Pop, Iuliu Sorin et al. (2015). Upscaling of non-isothermal reactive porous media flow with changing porosity. (external link)
• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Pop, Iuliu Sorin et al. (2015). A model for non-isothermal flow and mineral precipitation and dissolution in a thin strip. (external link)

2014

• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Pop, Iuliu Sorin et al. (2014). Pore scale model for non-isothermal flow and mineral precipitation and dissolution in a thin strip. (external link)
• Sævik, Pål Næverlid; Jakobsen, Morten; Lien, Martha et al. (2014). Anisotropic effective conductivity in fractured rocks by explicit effective medium methods. (external link)

2013

• Tambue, Antoine; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin (2013). Efficient simulation of geothermal processes in heterogeneous porous media based on exponential Rosenbrock-Euler method and Rosenbrock-type methods. (external link)
• Hals, Kjetil Magne Dørheim; Berre, Inga (2013). Thermal fracturing of geothermal wells and effects of borehole orientation. (external link)
• Sævik, Pål Næverlid; Berre, Inga; Jakobsen, Morten et al. (2013). A 3D computational study of effective medium methods applied to fractured media. (external link)
• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin (2013). Influence of convection on production from borehole heat exchangers. (external link)
• Sandve, Tor Harald; Berre, Inga; Keilegavlen, Eirik et al. (2013). Multiscale simulation of flow and heat transport in fractured geothermal reservoirs: inexact solvers and improved transport upscaling. (external link)
• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin (2013). Influence of natural convection in a porous medium when producing from borehole heat exchangers. (external link)

2012

• Sandve, Tor Harald; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin (2012). An efficient multi-point flux approximation method for Discrete Fracture–Matrix simulations. (external link)
• Tambue, Antoine; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin et al. (2012). Exponential Euler Time Integrator for Simulation of Geothermal Processes in Heterogeneous Porous Media. (external link)
• Sævik, Pål Næverlid; Berre, Inga; Jakobsen, Morten et al. (2012). Electrical conductivity of fractured media: A computational study of the self-consistent method. (external link)
• Hals, Kjetil Magne Dørheim; Berre, Inga (2012). Interaction between injection points during hydraulic fracturing. (external link)

2011

• Berre, Inga; Lien, Martha ; Mannseth, Trond (2011). Identification of three-dimensional electric conductivity changes from time-lapse electromagnetic observations. (external link)
• Bringedal, Carina; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin et al. (2011). Linear and nonlinear convection in porous media between coaxial cylinders. (external link)
• Evensen, J E; Aalhus, J A; Berre, Inga et al. (2011). Fornybare termisk energi -Geotermisk energi. (external link)

2010

• Berre, Inga; Lien, Martha ; Mannseth, Trond (2010). Estimation of a piecewise constant function using reparameterized level-set functions. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Lien, Martha ; Mannseth, Trond (2010). Estimation of a piecewise constant function using reparameterized level-set functions. (external link)
• Midttømme, Kirsti; Berre, Inga; Hauge, Audun et al. (2010). Geothermal Energy - Country Update for Norway. (external link)
• Sandve, Tor Harald; Berre, Inga; Nordbotten, Jan Martin (2010). An integrated fracture and continuum model for simulating heat and mass transfer in geothermal systems. (external link)

2009

• Berre, Inga (2009). Ren energi fra jordens indre - fra varme kilder til konstruerte geotermiske system. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Lien, Martha ; Mannseth, Trond (2009). Multi-level parameter structure identification for two-phase porous-media flow problems using flexible representations. (external link)

2008

• Berre, Inga; Lien, Martha ; Mannseth, Trond (2008). A multi-level strategy for regularized parameter identification using nonlinear reparameterization with sample application for reservoir characterization. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Cement, Francois; Lien, Martha et al. (2008). Data driven reparameterization structure for estimation of fluid conductivity. (external link)

2007

• Natvig, Jostein R.; Lie, Knut-Andreas; Eikemo, Birgitte et al. (2007). An efficient discontinuous Galerkin method for advective transport in porous media. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Lien, Martha ; Mannseth, Trond (2007). A level-set corrector to an adaptive multiscale permeability prediction. (external link)

2005

• Lien, Martha Økland; Berre, Inga; Mannseth, Trond (2005). Combined adaptive multiscale and level-set parameter estimation. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Karlsen, Kenneth Hvistendahl; Lie, Knut-Andreas et al. (2005). Fast computation of arrival times in heterogeneous media. (external link)

2002

• Berre, Inga; Dahle, Helge Ketil; Karlsen, Kenneth H. et al. (2002). A streamline front tracking method for two- and three-phase flow including capillary forces. (external link)
• Berre, Inga; Dahle, Helge Ketil; Karlsen, Kenneth H. et al. (2002). Time-of-flight + fast Marching + transport collapse: an alternative to streamlines for tow-phase porous media flow with capillary forces?. (external link)

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