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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Marta Llamas visit us!
September 15, 2021
Marta Llamas, PhD student from University of Malaga (Spain), will join us for several months to work on mixing processes at catchment scale. Welcome Marta!
New publication
August 11, 2021
Sandra Pool's paper, with collaborators at Technical University of Valencia, on groundwater recharge in irrigated areas using a multi-objective calibration approach, published in Water Reso... New publication
July 24, 2021
Erfan Haghighi's paper, in collaboration with Alexander Damm from University of Zurich, on the control of root hydraulic redistribution on soil respiration under extreme condition, publishe...