Research Group

• Touyee Thao (2021-22): GFI Fellow

Project(s): Evaluating Hydrological Characteristics of Different Biochar and its Influence on Soil Water Dynamics

Description: Using numerical models to quantify the impact of biochar application on plant water availability

• Swathi Venkatesh (2020-21)

Project(s): Assessing Coastal Water Quality using Advanced Statistical Approaches

Description: Using wavelets to assess temporal variability in water quality parameters at the Elkhorn Slough Estuary

• Tianjiao Pu (2020-21)

Project(s): Quantifying Uncertainty in Nitrogen Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Rifle Field site, Colorado

Description: Linking reactive transport models with indicator statistics to reduce uncertainty associated with hot spots and hot moments

• Hannah Waterhouse (2019-20): DOE SCGSR Fellow

Project(s): Biochemical Reduction of Nitrate in the Deep Vadose Zone Under Managed Aquifer Recharge

Description: Using sophisticated reactive transport models to quantify the impact of spatial heterogeneity and recharge rates on N dynamics

• Jiancong Chen (2017-20)

Project(s): Identification of environmental hot moments through regimes shift

Description: Using data-driven models to identify temporal patterns and regime shifts in redox-sensitive species in groundwater along a hillslope transect in the East River site, Colorado

• Jessee Steele (Summer 2021): MLEF intern

Project(s): Negative carbon emissions from agricultural soils

Description: A comprehensive review of enhanced weathering literature pertaining to soil-plant-microbe interactions

• Maya Franklin (2020-21): DOE SULI intern

Project(s): Geochemical exports from the upper sub-catchment of the East River

Description: Analyzing exports of C, N and other geochemical solutes using machine learning approaches

• Tadewos Getachew (Summer 2019): GEM Fellow

Project(s): Crop growth model development using water-energy data

Description: Predicting groundwater pumping rates using energy and crop data for the Central Valley in California

• Dhristi Patel (Fall 2018): DOE CCI intern

Project(s): N co-dynamics in California

Description: Exploring nitrate contamination in groundwater resources in California

• Olivia Terry (Summer 2018): DOE SULI intern

Project(s): Linking fracture permeability to biofilm growth and accumulation

Description: Experiments analyzing permeability changes due to biofilm growth in soured columns with different fracture orientations

• Madison Burrus (2017-2018): DOE SULI intern

Project(s): Spatially varying C-Q relationships at the East River site, Colorado

Description: Statistical analyses in ArcGIS and R exploring water quality indicators

• Guest Speaker, International Symposium on Water Sustainability: Challenges, Technologies & Opportunities, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, 2022.

• Expert Speaker, Into the Blue Again: Water Flowing Underground, Midday Science Café, 2022.

• Panelist, Advisory Brainstorming and Proposed Models for Educational Platform for Water Sustainability, International Symposium on Water Sustainability: Challenges, Technologies & Opportunities (IWSS), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, 2021.

• Guest Speaker, Workforce Development & Education Internships Brown Bag Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 2018, 2020.

• Education and Outreach Volunteer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 41^st Annual Solano Avenue Stroll, 2015, 2014.

• Community Outreach Volunteer, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Exhibitor Booth, AGU Fall Meeting, 2015, 2014.

• Treasurer & Founding Member, Water Without Boundaries, Student society of the Water program, 2007-09.

• Volunteer, Bi-National Water Congress for facilitating water talks between Mexico and the US, held in Saltillo, Mexico, Nov. 2007.