PI. Dr. Shikha Sharma is a Professor of Geology and the Director of the IsoBioGeM Laboratory at WVU. She has over 15 years of experience studying various geochemical aspects of the environment and sustainable energy solutions related to geologic carbon sequestration, shale gas, geothermal systems, and, more recently, critical/rare earth minerals. Prof. Sharma has acquired several million dollars of research funding and has led several federally funded multi-institutional collaborative projects