Dr. Katie Smye

Research Associate Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin

Katie Smye is a Research Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin and Principal Investigator of the Center for Injection and Seismicity Research (CISR), an industry-funded research consortium focused on water injection capacity and seismic hazard mitigation, with a focus in the Permian Basin region. Dr. Smye is known for leading multidisciplinary efforts integrating geologic, geophysical, and reservoir engineering data and models to assess the response of subsurface systems to large-scale fluid injection.

She holds a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and dual bachelor’s degrees in Geology and Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Smye has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications and serves as an Associate Editor for the AAPG Bulletin. She is an active contributor to technical conferences as a session convener and speaker, and frequently communicates scientific findings to public and media audiences on topics related to induced seismicity and sustainable reservoir management.