Dr Xinxiang (Jason) Yang
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Engineering 323, Mile End
| Supervisor: | Prof Paul Balcombe |
| Expertise: | I study how methane moves and escapes throughout the energy system, from subsurface wells and coal seams to pipelines and LNG terminals, and how these leakage processes affect climate and air quality. My expertise combines experimental and computational characterization of leakage pathways using CT imaging and finite element modelling with satellite remote sensing, in-situ gas measurements, and data-driven emission analysis. I also investigate the techno-economic and policy dimensions of methane mitigation across the natural gas value chain. This integrated approach helps industry and governments develop more effective monitoring frameworks and emission reduction technologies for a cleaner energy future. |
Brief Biography
Dr Xinxiang (Jason) Yang is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, leading the EU-funded MITIGATE project on methane emissions from liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chains. He obtained his PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta, where his research focused on preventing methane leakage through improved cementing practices. Before joining QMUL, he held a tenured associate professorship at Zhejiang Ocean University in China.
Jason's research traces the entire methane lifecycle across the energy supply chain, from coal mines and oil and gas production to midstream transport and LNG shipping, focusing on the mechanisms, measurement, and mitigation of fugitive methane emissions. By integrating laboratory-scale imaging of leakage pathways with satellite observations and field measurements, his work bridges subsurface integrity science and atmospheric monitoring to support global methane reduction efforts and low-carbon energy transition strategies.
Jason's research traces the entire methane lifecycle across the energy supply chain, from coal mines and oil and gas production to midstream transport and LNG shipping, focusing on the mechanisms, measurement, and mitigation of fugitive methane emissions. By integrating laboratory-scale imaging of leakage pathways with satellite observations and field measurements, his work bridges subsurface integrity science and atmospheric monitoring to support global methane reduction efforts and low-carbon energy transition strategies.