Michael Nole is a Senior Reservoir Simulation Engineer at ResFrac.

Prior to joining ResFrac, Michael was a staff scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he developed reservoir simulation software to study coupled multiphase flow and reactive transport processes in the subsurface. Here he worked on developing capabilities to model carbon storage and mineralization, critical mineral recovery, and geothermal energy.

Prior to this, he was a staff scientist at Sandia National Laboratories developing simulation software to model fluid flow and reactive transport processes associated with deep geologic disposal of radioactive waste, led a formal QA of software for use as a safety assessment code for an operating geologic repository, and developed software capabilities for modeling methane accumulation in marine and Arctic permafrost environments.

Michael obtained a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.S. and Ph.D in Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

In his free time, Michael loves to bike, swim, hike, ski, and tolerates running so that he can train to race triathlons.