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Research & Resources

Core Research Areas


Aquatic Processes and Biogeochemistry

  • Abinash Agrawal: Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, Degradation/Fate of Organic Pollutants in the Environment
  • Songlin Cheng: Hydrogeochemistry, Environmental Isoptopes, Biogeochemistry of Lakes and Wetlands
  • Chad Hammerschmidt: Biogeochemical Processes of Contaminants in Terrestrial and Marine Systems

Hydrogeology and Hydrology

  • Robert Ritzi: Aquifer Heterogeneity Modeling, Ground Water Flow & Transport
  • David Dominic: Architecture of Sedimentary Aquifers, Geostatistical Quantification
  • Allen Hunt: Unsaturated Zone Processes; Percolation Theory
  • Abinash Agrawal: Organic Contaminants in Soil and Ground Water, Aquifer Remediation
  • Chris Barton: Surface Water Hydrology

Watershed Processes, Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing

  • Songlin Cheng: Geographical Information System, Geospatial Analysis
  • Robert Ritzi: Geostatistical Modeling, Dynamic Process Modeling
  • Doyle Watts: Environmental Application of Remote Sensing

Geophysics and Computational Science

  • Ernest Hauser: Near-Surface Geophysics, Structure of Continental Crust
  • Doyle Watts: Seismic Data Processing & Interpretation; Geophysical Data Visualization
  • Chris Barton: Statistical Quantification of Complex Patterns, Non-Linear Systems
  • Sarah Tebbens*: Marine and Coastal Processes, Scaling Phenomenon in Non-Linear Systems

Paleobiology, Paleoecology, Sedimentary Environments and Earth Science Education

  • David Dominic: Clastic Sedimentology, Upper Pennsylvanian-Lower Permian Sandstones
  • William Slattery: Sequence Stratigraphy of Active & Passive Margins, Geochronology of Shark Teeth, Earth Science Education
  • Rebecca Teed: Quaternary Studies, Palynology, Paleoecology, Earth Science Education
  • Charles Ciampaglio**: Paleobiology and Paleoecology, Vertebrate Fauna

*In Department of Physics, WSU

**At Lake Campus, WSU