Dr. Wenfeng Li

Staff Scientist - Earth and Environmental Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Biography: 
Dr. Wenfeng Li is a staff scientist at the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). He is also an adjunct professor at the Department of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Tech. He received a Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology and a second in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston. His research interest includes geomechanics, fluid flow in porous media, and coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) processes with applications in underground mining optimization, petroleum extraction, geothermal energy utilization, hydrogen geological storage, carbon sequestration and mineralization. He is leading a project at LANL on hydrogen generation optimization from mineralogical processes of iron-rich ultramafic rocks.