Dr. Rita Esuru Okoroafor is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, specializing in the application of oil and gas skills and techniques to address challenges associated with low-carbon energy technologies. Dr. Okoroafor earned her Ph.D. in Energy Resources Engineering from Stanford University. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she was a Principal Reservoir Engineer at SLB, an organization she worked with for 13 years. During her tenure, she contributed her expertise to various product lines and locations. Dr. Okoroafor's current research involves subsurface engineering for sustainable energy, encompassing geological hydrogen, CO2 sequestration, CO2-enhanced oil recovery, underground energy storage, and geothermal energy. Dr. Okoroafor combines laboratory experiments, numerical modeling, machine learning, and techno-economic analyses to gather data, analyze, draw insights, and make predictions concerning these low-carbon research areas.