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Inga Berre
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Inga Berre

Position

Professor

Affiliation

E-mail
inga.berre@uib.no
Phone number
+47 99042244
+47 55582856
Visitor address
Realfagbygget, Allégt. 41
5007 Bergen
Room: 4A15d
Postal address
P.O. Box 7803
NO-5020 Bergen
Norway

Inga Berre

Position

Professor

Affiliation

Research groups

Short info

Inga Berre is professor in applied 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.
Research

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). 

Inga Berre is a member of the international expert panel for the "Knowledge Program on Effects of Mining (KEM)" (2021-2027), which advises the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. She is also a member ofShe 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.

Teaching

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 advised the following graduated PhD students:

  1. Yury Zabegaev, Designing and Tuning Preconditioners for Contact Thermo-Hydromechanics in Fractured Porous Media, 2025 (co-advisor; main advisor: Eirik Keilegavlen)
  2. Ujjwal Shekar, Microseismic source characterization in fractured anisotropic media using elastic waveform inversion, 2025 (co-advisor; main advisor: Morten Jakobsen)
  3. Shin Irgens Banshoya, Modelling and simulation of single-phase flow and non-isothermal reactive transport in fractured porous media, 2025 (co-advisor; main advisor: Eirik Keilegavlen)
  4. Hau Trung Dang, Simulation of fracture slip and propagation in hydraulic stimulation of geothermal reservoirs, 2023
  5. Mohammad Nezhadali, Multilevel assimilation of inverted seismic data, 2023 (co-advisor; main advisor: Trond Mannseth)
  6. Ivar Stefansson, Modelling and simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fractured porous media, 2021
  7. Runar Berge, Numerical methods for coupled processes in fractured porous media, 2019
  8. Michael Sargado, Phase-field modeling and simulation of brittle fracture, 2019 (co-advisor; main advisor: Eirik Keilegavlen)
  9. Mats Brun, Upscaling, analysis and iterative numerical solution schemes for thermo-poroelasticity, 2019 (co-advisor; main advisor: Florin Radu)
  10. Wietse Boon, Conforming discretizations of mixed-dimensional partial differential equations, 2018 (co-advisor; main advisor: Jan M. Nordbotten)
  11. Eren Uçar, Numerical modeling of shear stimulation in naturally fractured geothermal reservoir, 2018
  12. Odd Andersen, Simplified models for numerical simulation of geological CO2 storage, 2016
  13. Pål N. Sævik, Upscaling and parameter identification for fractured reservoirs, 2015
  14. Carina Bringedal, Mathematical modeling of natural convection and fluid-rock interaction in geothermal systems, 2015
  15. Tor Harald Sandve, Multiscale simulation of flow and heat transport in fractured geothermal reservoirs, 2013
  16. Sigvat Stensholt, Lattice-Boltzmann modeling of spatial variation in surface tension and wetting effects, 2011 (co-advisor; main advisor: Alf Øien)
Publications
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See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Projects
  1. 2026-2029 – Simulation of High-Temperature Multiphysics in Complex Subsurface Formations (Simplex). FORSKSYSTEMET Research Council of Norway. 6.2 MNOK. Principal Investigator (PI).
  2. 2025–2029 – Geothermal Energy and Lithium Co-production: Multiphysics Modelling, Experimentation and Simulation (GeoLit).
    FRIPRO, Research Council of Norway. 12 MNOK. Principal Investigator (PI).
  3. 2025–2028 – Geothermal Energy and Mineral Co-production: Multiphysics Modelling, Experimentation and Simulation (GeoMin).
    Akademia IV Grant. 5 MNOK. Principal Investigator (PI).
  4. 2021–2027 – Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of Process–Structure Interaction in Fractured Geothermal Systems (MaPSI).
    Horizon 2020 ERC Consolidator Grant (2.0 MEUR) + UiB grant (0.9 MEUR). Principal Investigator (PI).
  5. 2020–2025(2026) – VISTA Center for Modeling of Coupled Subsurface Dynamics (CSD).
    VISTA grant (25 MNOK) + UiB grant (15 MNOK). Center Director and PI.
  6. 2020–2024 – Simulation of Governing Processes in Superheated and Supercritical Geothermal Systems (SiGS).
    Research Council of Norway, Equinor. 14 MNOK. Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI).
  7. 2017–2020 – Enhancing Geothermal Reservoirs – Modelling and Analysis of Hydraulic and Thermal Stimulation (ERiS).
    Research Council of Norway, Equinor. 15 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  8. 2016–2021 – Thermo-Mechanical Subsurface Energy Storage (TheMSES).
    Research Council of Norway. 24 MNOK. Work Package Leader.
  9. 2015–2018 – Improved Simulation Technology for Flow and Transport in Fracture Zones (FracZone).
    VISTA. 2.8 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  10. 2015–2018 – An Integrated Geological and Mathematical Framework for the Characterization, Modelling and Simulation of Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs (ANIGMA).
    Research Council of Norway, Statoil. 9.6 MNOK. Co-PI.
  11. 2014–2018 – Protection of Caprock Integrity for Large-Scale CO₂ Storage (PROTECT).
    Research Council of Norway. 13 MNOK. Co-PI.
  12. 2015–2018 – CO₂ Storage in the North Sea: Quantification of Uncertainties and Error Reduction (CONQUER).
    Research Council of Norway. 9 MNOK. Co-PI.
  13. 2014–2017 – Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation for Enhanced Understanding of Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation by Shear Dilation Treatment (GeoStim).
    Research Council of Norway, Statoil, BKK. 7 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  14. 2014–2017 – Multiscale Simulation of Fractured Reservoirs.
    VISTA. 3 MNOK. Co-PI.
  15. 2012–2016 – Geological Storage of CO₂: Mathematical Modeling and Risk Assessment (MatMoRA-II).
    Research Council of Norway, Statoil. 16.3 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  16. 2009–2013 – Assessing the Potential for Deep Geothermal Energy (POGE).
    Research Council of Norway, Statoil. 8.1 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  17. 2011–2014 – Characterization of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (CFRAC).
    Statoil (Akademia agreement). 2.5 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  18. 2011 – Geothermal System Models.
    Regional Research Fund, Western Norway. 0.5 MNOK. Project Leader / PI.
  19. 2009 – Geothermal Energy in Western Norway.
    UH-Nett Vest. 60 kNOK. Project Leader / PI.