Subsurface Environmental Processes
The main objective of our research is to quantify the links between the physical heterogeneity of subsurface environments, including porous and fractured media, the heterogeneity of the resulting flow fields, and the effective transport behavior, including solute dispersion, mixing, and (bio-)chemical reactions. We tackle these problems using both experiments — performed over scales ranging from micro to field scale — and (numerical and theoretical) modelling. The environmental and industrial applications of our research include the study of the impact of climate change on groundwater resources, remediation of polluted sites, nuclear waste storage, geothermal energy, geological sequestration of CO2, recovery of hydrocarbons, and hydraulic fracturing.
News from our Group
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New Publication!
April 25, 2025
New publication in Geophysical Research Letters! This has been a fun and fruitful collaboration with Veronica L. Morales' group, in which we demonstrated that not only do reaction kinetics ... A new postdoc in the group!
April 1, 2025
Dr. Oliver Brandenberg joined our group in April 2025. Welcome, Oliver!
New publication
January 9, 2025
It's a long-standing idea in the group that finally goes out! We have now unraveled the mechanisms controlling fluid-fluid reactions in two-phase flow through porous media. Congrats to Xuey...