Paul Younger (1 November 1962 – 21 April 2018)[1] was a British hydrogeologist, environmental engineer and writer.
His PhD thesis at Newcastle University involved the use of numerical modelling techniques to assess pollution risks in coupled river / groundwater systems in the London Basin.
He was Director of the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, which has water as one of its ten core themes.
He occupied the Rankine Chair of Engineering at Glasgow University, where he redeployed his skills and experience in the service of low-carbon energy, notably deep geothermal energy, underground coal gasification with carbon capture and storage, and hydropower.
Younger was a Director of four companies engaged in the water and energy sectors, including Non-Executive Technical Director of CluffGeothermal,[2] and was Chair of the Global Scientific Committee of the Planet Earth Institute.