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Michael C. Drews focuses his research on deep geothermal energy, particularly in analyzing, predicting, and monitoring pressures and stresses within the upper six kilometers of the Earth’s crust. He employs a combination of techniques and disciplines, such as drilling and geophysics, to minimize the risks associated with drilling, exploration, and production in deep geothermal energy projects. His current regional focus is the Bavarian section of the North Alpine Foreland Basin, which is known to be an active deep geothermal province in Germany. Drews completed his Diplom in Geology at the University of Mainz in 2008 and earned his doctoral degree (PhD) from Newcastle University in the UK, where his thesis concentrated on the stress and pressure-dependent behavior of fine-grained sediments. Before his current position at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), he served as a global subject matter expert in pore pressure prediction within the petroleum industry while being based in Houston, USA, and also worked as a senior researcher in geomechanics at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany. He joined TUM in 2019, continuing to contribute to the field of geothermal technologies.