About Us
The Professorship of Geothermal Technologies was established in October 2019 as a tenure track professorship and is headed by Prof. Michael Drews since then. We are involved in several research initiatives with regard to geomechanics, deep geothermal and other geoenergies and teach geoscience courses on B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. level. The professorship has been tenured in September 2025.
Vision
Our research focuses on the safe and efficient development of the deeper subsurface for production and storage of clean energy and for the storage of climate-damaging gases. In this way, we are contributing to the sustainable, affordable, and clean implementation of the energy transition.
Geoenergy Technologies
Our research is relevant for the safe and efficient implementation of deep geothermal energy, underground hydrogen and CO2 storage (UHS & CCS), and the exploration of naturally occurring hydrogen.
We focus on the subsurface challenges of these geoenergy technologies: safe and efficient drilling, exploration risks, resource estimation, and optimized production scenarios.
Research Topics
Our research focuses on geomechanics and structural geology, basin analysis and applied geophysics (reflection seismic, borehole geophysics), and techno-socio-economic aspects.