·  Oct 2016 – Dec 2019         Cardiff University, Doctor

·  Jun 2014 - Sep 2016          China University of Mining and Technology, Master

·  Sep 2010 - Jun 2014          Taiyuan University of Technology, Bachelor

·  2023.4 - present       Associate researcher, Tongji University

·  2019.12 – 2023.3     Postdoctoral researcher, Cardiff University

Research Interest

Carbon Sequestration, Unconventional Reservoir, Multiphysics Simulation, Numerical Method, High Performance Computing

Publications

Journal papers

1.       Thomas, H. and Chen, M.*, 2023. Insights into carbon dioxide sequestration into coal seams through coupled gas flow-adsorption-deformation modelling. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (corresponding author).

2.       Almolliyeh, M., Sadasivam, S., Chen, M., Masum, S. and Thomas, H.R., 2023. Experimental investigation of CO₂-CH₄ core flooding in large intact bituminous coal cores using bespoke hydrostatic core holder. International Journal of Coal Geology.

3.       Chen, M., Masum, S. A., Thomas, H. R., 2023.Three-dimensional cleat scale modelling of gas transport processes in deformable fractured coal reservoirs. Gas Science and Engineering.

4.       Wetzel, M., Otto, C., Chen, M., Masum, S., Thomas, H., Urych, T., Bezak, B. and Kempka, T., 2023. Hydromechanical impacts of CO₂ storage in coal seams of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland). Energies.

5.       Masum, S., Sadasivam, S., Chen, M., and Thomas, H., 2023. Low Subcritical CO₂ Adsorption–Desorption Behavior of Intact Bituminous Coal Cores Extracted from a Shallow Coal Seam. Langmuir.

6.       Chen, M., Masum, S. A., Sadasivam, S., Thomas, H. R., & Mitchell, A. C., 2023. Modeling Gas Adsorption–Desorption Hysteresis in Energetically Heterogeneous Coal and Shale. Energy & Fuels.

7.       Chen, M., Masum, S. and Thomas, H., 2022. 3D hybrid coupled dual continuum and discrete fracture model for simulation of CO₂ injection into stimulated coal reservoirs with parallel implementation. International Journal of Coal Geology.

8.       Chen, M., Masum, S., Sadasivam, S. and Thomas, H., 2022. Modelling anisotropic adsorption-induced coal swelling and stress-dependent anisotropic permeability. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.

9.       Masum, S.A., Chen, M., Hosking, L.J., Stańczyk, K., Kapusta, K. and Thomas, H.R., 2022. A numerical modelling study to support design of an in-situ CO₂ injection test facility using horizontal injection well in a shallow-depth coal seam. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.

10.   Sadasivam, S., Masum, S., Chen, M., Stańczyk, K. and Thomas, H., 2022. Kinetics of Gas Phase CO₂ Adsorption on Bituminous Coal from a Shallow Coal Seam. Energy & Fuels.

11.   Chen, M., Masum, S. and Thomas, H., 2021. Modeling Adsorption and Transport behavior of Gases in Moist Coal Matrix. Energy & Fuels.

12.   Chen, M., Masum, S. and Thomas, H., 2020. Modeling Non-isothermal Transport Behavior of Real Gas in Deformable Coal Matrix. Energy & Fuels.

13.   Chen, M., Hosking, L.J., Sandford, R.J. and Thomas, H.R., 2020. A coupled compressible flow and geomechanics model for dynamic fracture aperture during carbon sequestration in coal. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.

14.   Hosking, L.J., Chen, M.^* and Thomas, H.R., 2020. Numerical analysis of dual porosity coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour during CO₂ sequestration in coal. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences (corresponding author).

15.   Chen, Min, Hosking, Lee J., Sandford, Richard J. and Thomas, Hywel R. 2020. Numerical analysis of improvements to CO₂ injectivity in coal seams through stimulated fracture connection to the injection well. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.

16.   Chen, M., Hosking, L.J., Sandford, R.J. and Thomas, H.R., 2019. Dual porosity modelling of the coupled mechanical response of coal to gas flow and adsorption. International Journal of Coal Geology.

Conference papers

1.       Shakil Masum, Min Chen, Hywel Thomas. Numerical modelling of CO₂ sequestration in coal-seams based on a parallel hybrid discrete fracture and dual porosity model. In International Society for Porous Media Conference (InterPore2022).

2.       Chen, M., Hosking, L.J. and Thomas, H.R., 2018, October. Non-isothermal Gas Flow During Carbon Sequestration in Coalbeds. In The 8^th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics.

3.       Thomas, H.R., Hosking, L.J., Sandford, R.J., Zagorščak, R., Chen, M. and An, N., 2018, October. Deep Ground and Energy: Carbon Sequestration and Coal Gasification. In The 8^th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics.

·  First prize for Best Paper Award by 2nd China Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technology Conference, 2023

·  Key Research Article by advances in Engineering in 2022