Dr. Rebecca Pearce, PhD
Geothermal Resources

Geophysicist & an Environmentalist

Dr. Rebecca Pearce is a geophysicist by trade and an environmentalist at heart, who has dedicated her career towards solving our environmental crisis through renewable energy and clean technologies. She is currently a research fellow at the Cascade Institute, specifically the science lead for the Ultradeep Geothermal Program. Her role involves identifying technology gaps for exploring and developing next-generation geothermal resources, and defining strategies to close these gaps in collaboration with international geothermal actors advancing this research frontier.

Rebecca received her PhD from University College London in 2020 for her research in exploring for geothermal resources in the Chilean Andes using electromagnetic geophysical methods. Soon after, she contributed to the Canadian geothermal industry by leading an exploration survey for a known resource in Northern BC. Rebecca later completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University, with a focus on applied geophysics for low-impact mining, as well as studying the geothermal systems of the Garibaldi Belt, BC. She was also the lead technician for an electromagnetic survey on a research campaign to the receding Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, on a geophysical campaign to improve projections of future sea level rise as a result of global warming.