Lab Members

Pedro Aum

Pedro Tupã Pandava Aum

Visiting Researcher / Professor at Federal University of Pará, Brazil

GLT 5.240


Research Area

  • Well Drilling and Completion Engineering
  • Well Simulation
  • Reservoir Management and Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

Biography

Pedro Aum is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil, and a permanent faculty member in the Graduate Programs in Chemical Engineering and Geophysics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Science and Engineering, both from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He has over nine years of industry experience in well drilling and completion, drilling fluids, well stimulation, and sand control. He is an Affiliate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow. His research focuses on reactive flow in porous media and on fluid–rock characterization using petrophysics and microCT X-ray imaging, integrating experimental techniques with numerical modeling.

Since 2024, Dr. Aum has been collaborating with Professor Ryosuke Okuno on research related to the mineralization process. In 2025, this collaboration resulted in the approval of a Fulbright-funded research project and the receipt of the Jacob Palis Award, supporting joint investigations on mineralization processes in Brazilian outcrop analogs.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Petroleum Science and Engineering (2016), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
  • M.Sc. in Petroleum Science and Engineering (2012), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2008), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Representative Publications

  • CWang, H., Nguyen, A., Wang, T., Okuno, R., Serra, V.F.H., and Aum, P.T.P., Enhanced Ex-Situ CO2 Mineralization with Stromatolite and Silicate Minerals using Formate Ligands, Fuel, Volume 405, Part B, p. 136558, February 1, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.13655
  • Jair R. Neyra, Daniel N. N. da Silva, Cláudio R. S. Lucas, Rafael J. Leitão, Flávio B. da Cruz, Sérgio T. de Camargo Júnior, Mateus P. Schwalbert, and Pedro T. P. Aum (2025).  Carbonate Acidizing: A New Insight into Wormhole Propagation under Low Flow Rates. ACS Omega. 10.1021/acsomega.5c05664 
  • Santana, B. D. S., Vicente, B. J., Pereira, C. C. G., Neyra, J. R., Nunes, D. N. D. S., Lucas, C. R. D. S., & Aum, P. T. P. (2025). 2-D numerical simulation of carbonate acidizing experiments using a micro-CT image-based model. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 47(11), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-025-05888-0 
  • Araújo, E. d. A., Schwalbert, M. P., Leitão, R. J., & Aum, P. T. P. (2024). Influence of Matrix-Acidizing Design on Oil Recovery and Economics in Carbonate Reservoirs Undergoing Waterflooding Offshore in Brazil. Energies, 17(4), 883. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17040883
  • Neyra, J. R., dos Santos Lucas, C. R., da Silva, D. N. N., de Camargo Júnior, S. T., Schwalbert, M. P., & Aum, P. T. P. (2023). Assessing the impact of oil saturation on wormhole morphology in carbonate acidizing. Fuel, 358, 130097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130097