Dr. Giovanni Bertotti

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands

Biography

Dr. Giovanni Bertotti had done his MSc at the University of Pisa (Italy) and got my PhD at the ETH Zurich working on the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the M. Generoso basin, a 20km wide and >8km deep extensional basin developed on the rifted margin of Adria and exposed in the South Alps (Italy and Switzerland). He then spent 1 year in N Africa tackling water-related problems in the Niger countryside. In 1991, his academic career started at the VU Amsterdam in the group of S Cloetingh. Since 2007 he got more and more involved in research on fractured reservoirs; more applied, surely challenging and still very much linked to fundamental science issues. From 2010, he spends 60% of his time at the Delft University of Technology, a place of huge know-how and of great people.

Research Intrest

Applied Geology

List of Publications
Fracturing and calcite cementation controlling fluid flow in the shallow-water carbonates of the Jandaíra Formation, Brazil
Inter-well scale natural fracture geometry and permeability variations in low-deformation carbonate rocks
An integrated workflow for stress and flow modelling using outcrop-derived discrete fracture networks