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The Geofluids Research Group

The (Hydrogeology and) Geofluids Research Group is lead by Martin O. Saar and includes the following people (for more information please click on a person's name or photo further down):

Current members:                                                          
Martin O. Saar     Assistant Professor and Geofluids Chair
Scott Alexander     Researcher
Stuart Walsh     Postdoc
Judy Andrews     M.S.-track Graduate Student
Ravi Appana     Ph.D.-track Graduate Student
Maria Davis     Ph.D.-track Graduate Student
Jimmy Randolph     Ph.D.-track Graduate Student
Karli Anderson     B.S.-track Undergraduate Student
Alex Morrison     B.S.-track Undergraduate Student
Steve Pinta     B.S.-track Undergraduate Student

Previous members:                                                          
Abbey Duncan     B.S. in Geology, summer 2006
Julian (Nino) d'Andrea     B.A. in Geology, summer 2006

Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology and Geofluids

Martin O. Saar
Assistant Professor (since 2005)
Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology and Geofluids (since 2005)
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, gardening, my dog: Zuzu

Researchers and Postdocs

Scott Alexander
Scientist
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, ...
Stuart Walsh
Postdoc, starting Fall 2006
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:

Graduate Students

Judy Andrews
M.S. student since Fall 2004
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
Ravi Appana
Ph.D student since Fall 2005
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Email: appan002@... (replace ... with umn.edu)
Background: B.S. and M.S. in geoscience
Interests: hydrogeology
Other Interests:
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 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:

Undergraduate Students

Karli Anderson
Junior undergraduate IT-honors student [started Fall 2005]
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Email: ande4826@... (replace ... with umn.edu)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Interests: volcanology
Other Interests:
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:
Steve Pinta
Senior undergraduate student [started Fall 2006]
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Email: pint0034@... (replace ... with umn.edu)
Interests: volcanology
Other Interests:

Former Geofluids Group Members

Abbey Duncan
Senior undergraduate student since Fall 2005
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
Former undergraduate student; graduated Spring 2006
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Interests: hydrogeology
Funding: received UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity) grant
 
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