Dr. Saeid Jalilinasrabady

Dr. Saeid Jalilinasrabady is a Senior Scientist at GNS Science, with over two decades of international experience in geothermal energy development and engineering. In addition, he serves as an Associate Editor for Geothermics. His expertise spans subsurface energy storage, geothermal reservoir simulation and engineering, surface facility optimisation, and direct-use applications, with extensive contributions across Japan, Iran, Iceland, El Salvador, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Zealand and Africa, including countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda.

Dr. Saeid Jalilinasrabady holds a Doctor of Engineering in Earth Resources Engineering from Kyushu University, Japan (2011). He also holds a Master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Iceland (2008), a certificate in geothermal reservoir engineering from the University of Auckland (2009), and a certificate in geothermal utilisation from the United Nations University – Geothermal Training Programme (GRO-GTP) in Iceland (2004).

At Kyushu University, Japan, Dr. Saeid Jalilinasrabady led research in geothermal plant design and optimisation, applying exergy-based models to a wide range of geothermal systems including flash, binary, combined, and hybrid cycles. This work supported case studies in countries such as Iran (Sabalan), Japan (Takigami), Kenya (Olkaria), Indonesia (Dieng), and the Philippines (Biliran), delivering practical insights for improved feasibility and investment decisions.

He has also been deeply involved in geothermal reservoir simulation and forecasting, contributing to reservoir models for geothermal fields such as Takigami (Japan), Sabalan (Iran), Olkaria (Kenya), and Kotamobagu (Indonesia). Their research has helped bridge subsurface and surface systems in geothermal operations, supporting more effective resource management.

He held academic and research positions at Kyushu University from 2008 to 2014, starting as a PhD researcher, followed by a prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, and later as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering. From 2014 to 2017, he served as an Associate Professor at Akita University. He then returned to Kyushu University from 2017 to 2024 as an Associate Professor in both the School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation and the Faculty of Engineering. Additionally, from 2016 to 2024, he served as a Lecturer at the JICA Geothermal Training Program, where he delivered lectures to geothermal professionals from developing countries and supervised their projects. Throughout these roles, he was actively involved in international collaborations focused on sustainable geothermal development at the international level.