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The Geofluids Research Group

Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology and Geofluids

Martin O. Saar

Associate Professor (since 2005) Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology and Geofluids (since 2005) 2009-2011 McKnight Land-Grant Professor Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ph.D., 2003, UC Berkeley, U.S.A., in Earth and Planetary Sciences phone: +1 612-625-7332 Fax: 612-625-3819 office: 21 Pillsbury Hall Email: saar@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Research Interests: see this geofluids web site Other Interests: volleyball, hiking, music, traveling, ...

Scott Alexander

Research Associate Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities br> Email: alexa017@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Research Interests: hydrogeology, environmental geology, volcanology Other Interests: volleyball, golf, ...

Po-Hao Kao

Postdoc, since July 2009 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ph.D., 2007, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Email: pkao@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Research Interests: Lattice-Boltzmann fluid flow and energy transfer model development.

Kong XiangZhao

Postdoc, since Fall 2010 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ph.D., 2010, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zuerich, Switzerland Email: xkong@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Research Interests: Multiphase-multicomponent fluid flow and energy transfer during CO2 sequestration and geothermal energy capture and related fluid-mineral reactions. Graduate Students Maria Davis Ph.D student since Fall 2006 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Background: B.S. in physics Email: davis923@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Interests: volcanology, eruption dynamics, fluid mechanics Funding: NSF grant Other Interests: Jimmy B. Randolph Ph.D student since Fall 2006 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Background: B.S. in physics Email: rando035@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Interests: geothermal energy, fluid mechanics, heat transport Other Interests: Joe Myre Ph.D student since Fall 2008 Department of Computer Science University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Background: B.S. in computer science Email: myrex013@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Interests: massively parallel computational science simulations Other Interests: Ben Tutolo Ph.D student since spring 2011 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Background: B.S. in Environmental Systems Engineering. Email: tutol001@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Research Interests: TOUGH2, TOUGHREACT, LBHydra, and other simulations of multiphase-multicomponent fluid flow and energy transfer as well as experiments of fluid-mineral reactions during CO2 sequestration and geothermal energy capture. Erich Frahm Ph.D student since 2004 Scientific Computation Program University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Background: B.S. in Computer Engineering. Two decades experience developing custom high performance computers. Email: frah0014@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Interests: Numerical methods for large-scale scientific computing problems Other Interests: Building and racing motor cycles. Undergraduate Students Daniel Segura undergraduate student Department of Computer Science University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Email: segur004@... (replacing ... with umn.edu) Interests: Numerical methods Other Interests: Former Geofluids Group Members Stuart Walsh Postdoc and Research Associate, 2006-2011 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ph.D., 2005, University of Melbourne, Australia, in Applied Mathematics Email: sdcwalsh@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Research Interests: applied mathematics, granular material flow, Lattice-Boltzmann simulations, percolation theory, programming Other Interests: trumpet Matt Covington Postdoc, 2008-2010 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ph.D., 2008, University of California, Santa Cruz, in Physics Email: speleophysics@gmail.com Research Interests: Karst formation and fluid flow rates through karst systems. Other Interests: Caving Ravi Appana M.S. in Geology (2009) Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Background: B.S. in Applied Geology (2005) Email: appan002@... (replace ... with umn.edu)) Interests: Geological fluid mechanics, Geomechanical modeling, Computational Geophysics Other Interests: Squash, Meditation Alex Morrison Sophomore undergraduate student [started Fall 2006] Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Email: morr0520@... (replacing ... with umn.edu) Interests: volcanology, computer science, lab experiments Other Interests: Judy Andrews M.S. degree 2008 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Email: andre345@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Background: B.S. in Environmental Physical Science Research Interests: hydrogeology, heat flow, noble gases Other Interests: animals (my cat Bagheera and dog Baloo and rescue/foster care), gardening, photography, philosophy, Humphrey Bogart movies, and Kurt Vonnegut books Karli Anderson B.S. degree in Geology and Geophysics, 2008 (IT Honors Thesis) Department of Geology and Geophysics Email: ande4826@... (replace ... with umn.edu) University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Interests: volcanology Other Interests: Ryan O'Grady B.S. degree in Geology and Geophysics, 2008 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Email: ogra0014@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Interests: hydrogeology Steve Pinta B.S. degree in Geology and Geophysics, 2007 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Email: pint0034@... (replace ... with umn.edu) Interests: volcanology Other Interests: Abbey Duncan B.S. in Geology, 2006 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Funding: received UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity) grant Interests: hydrogeology Other Interests: Dancing Julian (Nino) D'Andrea B.A. in Geology, 2006 Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Interests: hydrogeology Funding: received UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity) grant ©2003 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Trouble seeing the text? | Contact U of M | Privacy The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.