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Dr Louisa Brotherson

Carbon Ratings Scientist

Dr Louisa Brotherson's interests

  • Energy

  • Industrial Processes

  • Engineered Carbon Removals

  • Direct Air Capture

  • Waste

  • Geology

  • Geophysics

  • Seismology

  • Carbon Storage

  • Lab-scale modelling

Dr Louisa Brotherson is an experimental seismologist whose work looks at the interaction of fault behaviour and earthquakes, with a particular focus on source properties, fault frictional properties and seismic hazard analysis. Her thesis research connected fault behaviour in nature to observed behaviour in laboratory analogues experiments, with a critical focus on fault stability and implications for ground motion models used for risk mitigation.

Before joining BeZero, Louisa worked in policy at The Royal Society where she led research and consultation projects and contributed to two reports on online misinformation and regional absorptive capacity. She is also an experienced science communicator, having presented her research at several international conferences and created content for blogs, podcasts, workshops and TV.

Education

  • University of Liverpool, Doctoral researcher (PhD) in Seismology and Rock Deformation looking at fault stability and earthquake source properties

  • University of Leeds, MGeophys BSc in Geophysical Sciences, including a Year Abroad at Western University, Canada

Research associations

  • Member of Greenhouse Gas Removal Future Leaders Network (CO2RE)

Learn more about Louisa's academic history and publications

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