Academic interests
Torabi's main research interests include the mechanism and mechanics of faulting; fault-related folding; fluid flow in deformed reservoirs; and diagenesis in fault zone with application to CO2 storage underground; geothermal reservoirs, geotechnical & geomechanical engineering, geohazards and seismicity. She uses a variety of scales and methods in her research including outcrop and seismic studies, geostatistics, experiments, as well as machine learning.
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Courses taught
- GEO2130 – Structural Geology
- GEO4850/9850 – Advanced Structural Geology in Basin Analysis
- GEO9911/5591 – CO2 Storage - Physical and Chemical Processes
Background
Torabi is a professor in structural geology at the University of Oslo since September 2019. She has earlier been a principal researcher at NORCE, Norwegian Research Centre. She was principal researcher (2015-2018) and geoscience research leader (2016-2018) as well as senior researcher (2008-2015) at Uni Research CIPR (Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research). She holds a Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Bergen, Norway (2008). She has successfully led several scientific projects and supervised many PhD, Post-Doc and Master students.