Alessandro Lenci

I am a Marie Skłodowska–Curie Global Fellow working on flow and transport in fractured and porous media. My three-year project GEONEAT is hosted at Stanford University and at Géosciences Rennes (CNRS/Université de Rennes) and focuses on developing predictive models for the use of engineered and non-Newtonian fluids in fractured geothermal systems.

My research investigates how heterogeneity, fracture roughness, and nonlinear rheology affect hydraulic behaviour, heat transfer, and dispersion at different spatial scales. I develop stochastic and reduced-order modelling frameworks combining Monte Carlo simulations, lubrication-based flow solvers, and Time-Domain Random Walk (TDRW) formulations. I also design in-house numerical tools for simulating flow and transport in rough fractures and discrete fracture networks.

In addition to research and teaching, I serve as a proposal reviewer for the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and as a referee for international journals in fluid mechanics, hydrology, and porous media.