Fields of Interest

• Hydrogeology
• Fractured Rock Hydrogeology
• Tracer and Isotope Hydrogeology

Current Research Interests

• Groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured porous media.
• Investigating regional groundwater flow using noble gas, stable and radiogenic isotopes
• Groundwater – surface water interactions
• Hydrogeology of coal bed methane systems
• Innovative uses of applied tracers

Courses Taught:

• Physical Geology
• Environmental Geology (G 446)
• Hydrogeology (G 452)
• Advanced Topics in Hydrogeology (G 552) - Hydrogeology of Fractured Rocks; Isotope Hydrogeology; Tracer Hydrogeology
• Watershed Science Practicum
• Applied Geophysics ER580 (1997)

Contact Information:

Current Graduate Students:

• Carter Gehman, M.S. – Hydrogeophysics
• Erin Phillipson, M.S. – Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions Along the South Platte River
• Patrick Taber, M.S. - Estimating Groundwater Recharge in NE Nebraska

Former Graduate Students

• Craig Divine, 2000, M.S. – The Applicability of Dissolved Helium and Neon as Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) Partitioning Tracers
• Laura Lapey, 2000, M.S. – Hydrogeologic Parameters of the Kiowa Research Core, Kiowa, Colorado – Analysis and Implications of Parameter Variation Within the Core and Across the Denver Basin
• Jusibek Kazbekov, 2001, M.S. – Hydrogeology and Water Chemistry at the Tamarack Recharge Project, Colorado
•  Mohammad Al-Murad, 2002, Ph.D .  – Solving the Inverse Problem of Contaminant Transport using Iterative Inversion of a Neural Network
• Paul Sorek, 2003,  M.S. – Evaluation of Helium-4 in a Coalbed Methane System, and Implications for Regional Hydrogeology, Fruitland Formation, Colorado and New Mexico
• Garey Fox, 2003, Ph.D. – Modeling of Steam/Aquifer Interaction During Alluvial Well Depletion.  (Co-Advisor with Deanna Durnford, Civil Engineering).
• Jamey Watt, 2003, M.S. – Water Quality Changes at a Streamflow Augmentation Project, Lower South Platte River, Colorado.
• Andrew Neuhart, 2003 M.S. – Interaction of Coalbed Methane Waters with Soils in the Powder River Basin. (Co-advisor with John Stednick, Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department).
• Milos Novotny, 2004 M.S. – A Preliminary Study of Dissolved Noble Gases and Carbon-14 in Groundwater of the Principal Bedrock Aquifers, Denver Basin, Colorado.
• Josiah Engblom, 2004 M.S. – Tracing the Hydrologic Connection Between Turquoise Lake, Colorado, and Mine Dewatering Tunnels Using Dissolved Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6).
• Brian Kappen, 2004 M.S. – Ground and Surface Water Interaction in Ephemeral Wetlands, SanLuisValley, Colorado.
• Jessica Poceta, 2005 M.S. – Electrical Resistivity Imaging of Eolian and Alluvial Sediments Along the South Platte River, Northeastern Colorado.