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Researcher Profiles
| Name | Research Themes | Research Keywords | Research Topics | Research Overview | Researcher Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Fouke | Water and Land Stewardship |
Latest research includes determination of how organic macromolecules produced by bacteria and corals affect the precipitation of carbonate biominerals during rapid environmental changes in temperature and oxygen concentration. The natural laboratories for this work are travertine hot springs in Yellowstone and coral reef ecosystems of the Netherlands Antilles. Results are providing fundamental new knowledge of the extent to which feedbacks between minerals, metazoans (coral) and thermophilic bacteria control the carbonate biomineralization process. |
Geology | ||
| Marcello Garcia | Water and Land Stewardship |
River mechanics, sediment transport, sedimentation engineering and environmental hydraulics. Best known for research in sediment entrainment from riverbeds, flow and transport in vegetated channels, the mechanics of oceanic turbidity currents, and the dynamics of mudflows in mountain areas. |
Civil and Environmental Engineering | ||
| David Gay | Water and Land Stewardship |
Monitors precipitation chemistry. The program is a cooperative effort between many different groups, including federal, state, tribal and local governmental agencies, educational institutions, private companies, and non-governmental agencies. |
Illinois State Water Survey | ||
| John Georgiadis | Water and Land Stewardship |
Engineered or natural pattern-forming fluid systems of complex microstructure, which are important in the fields of energy utilization, environmental science, biotechnology and bioengineering |
Mechanical Science and Engineering | ||
| Thomas Holm | Water and Land Stewardship |
Groundwater geochemistry, Arsenic geochemistry, Water treatment for arsenic removal, Metal speciation, Chemical equilibrium modeling, Sediment geochemistry, Biochar, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Nitrogen and phosphorus in groundwater and sediment |
Illinois State Water Survey | ||
| Robert Hudson | Water and Land Stewardship |
Aquatic biogeochemical cycling of mercury, field and modeling research; Methylmercury analytical method development; Simulation modeling of mercury biogeochemistry in aquatic systems. |
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Tom Johnson | Water and Land Stewardship |
Environmental geochemistry. Isotope geochemistry. Fate of redox-sensitive contaminants in ground water and surface water systems. Redox history of the oceans and atmosphere. |
Geology | ||
| Prasanta Kalita | Water and Land Stewardship |
Agricultural water management, water productivity, water quality, irrigation and salinity control from agricultural lands, re-use of industrial and domestic wastewater for crop production, soil conservation, development of best management practices for crop production and environmental sustainability, and microbial pathogen control from drinking water sources. |
Agricultural & Biological Engineering | ||
| Don Keefer | Water and Land Stewardship |
Major research interests include, Characterization of Multi-scale Heterogeneities in Geologic Systems; Contaminant Fate and Transport through Glacial Sediments, Characterization and Visualization of Uncertainty in Geologic Data and Maps; Simulation Techniques for Predicting the Distribution and Character of Glacial Sediments; Visualization and Analysis of Multi-dimensional Geologic Data. |
Illinois State Geological Survey | ||
| Walt Kelly | Water and Land Stewardship |
Water quality and geochemical research, primarily in groundwater but also surface water. Research topics include nitrate, arsenic, urban water quality, and geochemical processes in aquifers |
Illinois State Water Survey |