Research Programs

The main interest in these programs is to understand the processes of surface-water hydrology, hydrogeology, including groundwater quality, groundwater-surface water interaction, fracture flow, and perched water formation; and colian sedimentation in China, Israel, North Africa, and Australia.

Department Faculty

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John W. Drexler

Igneous petrology, economic geology, environmental geochemistry, electron microprobe specialist.

Shemin Ge

Subsurface hydrodynamics in porous media, role of groundwater flow in heat transport, interaction between groundwater flow and rock deformation.

Brian Hynek

Planetary geology, Mars, astrobiology.

Bruce Jakosky

Planetary processes and evolution,Mars climate and climate change, and astrobiology.

Stephen J. Mojzsis

Geobiology, Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Astrobiology

Jason C. Neff

Biogeochemistry

Eric Tilton

Surface hydrology, water-plant-soil interactions, climate

Alexis Templeton

Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology