Chaplin, Zoe

Zoe Chaplin is a Principal Risk Scientist at the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Science and Research Centre. She has a particular interest in major accident hazard (MAH) pipelines and is responsible for the on-going development of HSE’s MAH pipelines risk assessment modelling tool. She is also a member of an Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) standards panel on natural gas pipeline risk assessment.

Zoe is actively involved in projects relating to the conversion of the natural gas network in the UK to hydrogen and the associated carbon capture and storage. This includes industry-led projects and those from other government departments, as well as the updating of HSE’s risk assessment models to make them suitable for both hydrogen and carbon dioxide.