AGH / OUR PEOPLE
People Shaping the Future of GeoH₂
Co-Founders of AGH
- Qingwang (Kevin) Yuan, President, Penn State University
- Andy Li, Wall Street
- Brad Gooch, Treasurer, Addis Energy
Board of Directors
- Eric Miller, Executive Director
- Omar Maiga, Fundraising Director
- Lorna Ortiz, Alliances Director, Geokiln
- Brad Gooch, Addis Energy
- Qingwang (Kevin) Yuan, Penn State University
Board Secretary
- TBD
Technical Program Volunteers
- Vincent Zhu
- Valentine Combaudon, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Conghao (Kevin) Yi, Princeton University
- Raul Miranda, DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences – retired
- Yifan Gao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Rebecca Erwin, The State University of New York
Strategic & Scientific Advisory Board
- Geoffrey S. Ellis, Stanford University (formerly U.S. Geological Survey)
- Anthony (Tony) Kovscek, Stanford University
- Danny Reible, Texas Tech University
- Douglas Wicks, Independent Consultant
- Iwnetim Abate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Latisha Brengman, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Richard Hartman, Department of the Air Force
- Brendan Bream, Kansas Geological Survey
- Viacheslav Zgonnik, HyReveal
- Isabelle Moretti, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour
- Alain Prinzhofer, GEO4U
- Florian Osselin, Vema Hydrogen
- Bill Heins, Getech
- Savannah Rice, Fortescue
- Allegra Hosford Scheirer, Geomodeling Solutions LLC
- Seyni Nafo, Hydroma
- Ema Frery, CSIRO
- Omid Haeri Ardakani, Geological Survey of Canada
- Humberto Reis, Federal University of Minas Gerais
- Richard Walker, DOGAMI
- Chris LaFleur, AIChE Center for Hydrogen Safety
Mission-Driven Team
Eric Miller
Executive Director
Eric Miller
Executive Director
Omar Maiga
Fundraising Director
Omar Maiga
Fundraising Director
Lorna Ortiz
Alliances Director
Lorna Ortiz
Alliances Director
Qingwang (Kevin) Yuan
Co-Founder & President
Qingwang (Kevin) Yuan
Co-Founder & President
Brad Gooch
Co-Founder & treasurer
Brad Gooch
Co-Founder & treasurer
Geoffrey Ellis
Advisory Board
Geoffrey Ellis
Advisory Board
Anthony (Tony) Kovscek
Advisory Board
Anthony (Tony) Kovscek
Advisory Board
Danny Reible
Advisory Board
Danny Reible
Advisory Board
Douglas Wicks
Advisory Board
Douglas Wicks
Advisory Board
Iwnetim Abate
Advisory Board
Iwnetim Abate
Advisory Board
Latisha Brengman
Advisory Board
Latisha Brengman
Advisory Board
Richard Hartman
Advisory Board
Richard Hartman
Advisory Board
Brendan Bream
Advisory Board
Brendan Bream
Advisory Board
Viacheslav Zgonnik
Advisory Board
Viacheslav Zgonnik
Advisory Board
Isabelle Moretti
Advisory Board
Isabelle Moretti
Advisory Board
Alain Prinzhofer
Advisory Board
Alain Prinzhofer
Advisory Board
Florian Osselin
Advisory Board
Florian Osselin
Advisory Board
Bill Heins
Advisory Board
Bill Heins
Advisory Board
Dr Bill Heins is Getech’s Chief Geoscientist; Getech applies world-leading geoscience data and unique geospatial software products to locate the subsurface resources that are vital for energy security and a sustainable transition. Bill ensures Getech geoscience capabilities evolve to meet client needs, guides the application of Getech data and skills to bespoke client projects, and assures the quality of delivered projects. In the hydrogen space, Bill has overseen Getech collaborations with academic partners in North America and Europe since 2021, developed Getech’s internal hydrogen exploration workflows and risking algorithms, and assured the quality of Getech exploration projects in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Bill serves on the Advisory Board of the Association of Geological Hydrogen (AGH).
Over the last 40 years Bill has consulted on strategy for Fortune 500 technology companies with the Strategic Management Group of Philadelphia; taught geology as a professor at Vassar College and Lewis-Clark State College; advised geology graduate students in North America, Europe, and Australia; explored for oil and gas on six continents with ExxonMobil; and written the evening English newscast for China Central Television in Beijing.
Bill has a degree in Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Geology from UCLA. He is the author of over 100 technical contributions in geology, environmental science, and management, and is a globally recognized expert in sediment generation and reservoir quality analysis as one of the founding faculty of the School on Sandstone Diagenesis, organized by the Geozentrum Nordbayern.
Savannah Rice
Advisory Board
Savannah Rice
Advisory Board
Allegra Hosford Scheirer
Advisory Board
Allegra Hosford Scheirer
Advisory Board
Seyni Nafo
Advisory Board
Seyni Nafo
Advisory Board
Ema Frery
Advisory Board
Ema Frery
Advisory Board
Omid Haeri Ardakani
Advisory Board
Omid Haeri Ardakani
Advisory Board
Humberto Reis
Advisory Board
Humberto Reis
Advisory Board
Richard Walker
Advisory Board
Richard Walker
Advisory Board
Chris LaFleur
Advisory Board
Chris LaFleur
Advisory Board
Vincent Zhu
Technical Program Volunteer
Vincent Zhu
Technical Program Volunteer
Valentine Combaudon
Technical Program Volunteer
Valentine Combaudon
Technical Program Volunteer
Conghao (Kevin) Yi
Technical Program Volunteer
Conghao (Kevin) Yi
Technical Program Volunteer
Kevin is a currently a PhD student at Princeton University.
Raul Miranda
Technical Program Volunteer
Raul Miranda
Technical Program Volunteer
Dr. Miranda retired from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He has extensive expertise in chemical engineering, catalysis, reaction kinetics, surface chemistry, and materials science. His career includes academic leadership at the University of Louisville, NSF program management, and research at Argonne National Laboratory, with work spanning heterogeneous catalysis, functional materials, and chemical processing.
Yifan Gao
Technical Program Volunteer
Yifan Gao
Technical Program Volunteer
Dr. Yifan Gao is currently a Postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rebecca Erwin
Technical Program Volunteer