USGS - Bemidji Crude-Oil Research Project -- Researchers

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Research team at the Bemidji site, July 6-27, 2007

Research team

L to R: Rich Amos, Isabelle Cozzarelli, Katie Jones, Kelly Stafford, Wally Larson, Jasmine Farsht, Uli Mayer, Jared Trost, Barbara Bekins, Landon Gryczkowski, John Greene, Geoff Delin. Not pictured: Ean Warren.

Research team at the Bemidji site, July 10-16, 2006 - week 1

L to R: Geoff Delin, Landon Gryczkowski, Dan Rosemore, Wally Larson, Bill Herkelrath, Jenifer Bode

Research team at the Bemidji site, July 17-23, 2006 - week 2

L to R: Wally Larson, Phil Bennett, Dan Rosemore, Jenifer Bode, Barbara Bekins, Landon Gryczkowski, Geoff Delin

Research team at the Bemidji site, July 11-22 2005

L to R: Geoff Delin, Ean Warren, Wally Larson, Barbara Bekins, Jennifer Rogers, Paul Kenward, Sarah Tsoslias, Landon Gryczkowski, Brenna Mauck, John Greene, Bill Herkelrath. Not pictured: Kim Reierson

Research team at the Bemidji site, August 22-27, 2004 - week 2

L to R (front row): Wally Larson, Bill Herkelrath, Victor Paganelli, Rich Amos, Geoff Delin; L to R (back row): Barbara Bekins, Jasmin Caton, Meghan Hannon, Alyssa Boock

Research team at the Bemidji site, August 15-21, 2004 - week 1

L to R: Geoff Delin, Ginger Amos, Alyssa Boock, Jasmin Caton, Wally Larson, Rich Amos.

Research team at the Bemidji site, July 21-31, 2003 Photo of researchers at Bemidji site, July, 2003

L to R: Wally Larson, Barbara Bekins, Rich Amos, Bill Herkelrath, Jennifer Rogers, Uli Mayer, Randi Williams, Danny Bailey, Brian Hughes, Fred Murphy, Phil Bennett, Alyssa Boock, Luke Stuewe, Ean Warren, Geoff Delin, Todd Anderson.

Research team at the Bemidji site, July, 2002 - Week 2 Photo of researchers at Bemidji site, July, 2002 - week 2

L to R: Barbara Bekins, Geoff Delin, Tracy Hendrickson, Wally Larson, Ean Warren, Tom Hendrickson, Vallerie Hendrickson, Uli Mayer, Alyssa Boock, Rich Amos.

Research team at the Bemidji site, July, 2002 - Week 1 Photo of researchers at Bemidji site, July, 2002 - week 1

L to R: Geoff Delin, Jennifer Rogers, Tom Hendrickson, Tracy Hendrickson, Brian Chaplin, Vallerie Hendrickson, Luke Stuewe, Alyssa Boock, Wally Larson, Phil Bennett.

Research team at the Bemidji site, August, 2001

L to R: Geoff Delin, Barbara Bekins, Wally Larson, Bill Herkelrath, Dan Rosemore, Victor Paganelli, Brian Chaplin, Fred Murphy, Todd Anderson, and Alyssa Boock. Not pictured: Ron Baker and Jennifer Rogers.

Research team at the Bemidji site, August, 2000

L to R: Dan Rosemore, Ean Warren, Todd Anderson, Wally Larson, Brian Chaplin, Geoff Delin, David Lord, Phil Bennett, Victor Paganelli, Gary Curtis, Bill Herkelrath, and Barbara Bekins.

Research team at the Bemidji site, July, 1999

Standing, L to R: Geoff Delin, Mike Godsy, Vince VanAntwerpen, Bill Herkelrath, Victor Paganelli, Julie Kirshtein, Todd Anderson, Wally Larson, Jeanne Jaeschke, Tracey Sadek, Dan Rosemore, Barbara Bekins, Adelia Barber, Kris Nelson, Lili Nelson. Kneeling / sitting, L to R: Isabelle Cozzarelli and Ean Warren

Research team at the Bemidji site, July, 1998 (1st week of field work):

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L to R: Roger Lee, Phil Bennett, Jennifer Roberts, Bill Herkelrath, Don Hansen, Wanjoo, Linnae Moey, Geoff Delin, Victoria Moses, Ginger Amos, Steve Fideldy, Kris Nelson, Brian Gunderson, Dan Rosemore, Chad Pierson, Fred Murphy.

Research team at the Bemidji site, August, 1998 (3rd week of field work):

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L to R: Victor Paganelli, Gary Curtis, Barbara Bekins (kneeling), Brian Gunderson, Chad Pierson, Mike Godsy (kneeling), Isabelle Cozzarelli, Wally Larson, Jeanne Jaeschke, Jon Samuelson, Geoff Delin
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Research team at the Bemidji crude-oil research site, August, 1997:

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Back row (L to R): Jeanne Jaeschke, Matt Lahvis, Ean Warren, Isabelle Cozzarelli,Wally Larson, Jennifer Roberts, Phil Bennett, Victor Paganelli, Ron Baker, Fred Murphy, Geoff Delin;
Front row (L to R): Bill Herkelrath, Barbara Bekins, Dan Rosemore, Brad Henrich, Steve Fideldy.

Research team at the Bemidji crude-oil research site, September, 1996:

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Front row (L to R): Isabelle Cozzarelli, Mara Ranville, Jeanne Jaeschke, Hedeff Essaid, Geoff Delin;
Middle row (L to R): Barbara Bekins, Mary Jo Baedecker, Carissa Munson, Mike Strobel, Bill Herkelrath, Gary Curtis, Fred Murphy;
Back row (L to R): Mike Godsy, Nathan Eklund, Mike Dittes, Ean Warren, Wally Larson.

Bemidji research team, summer 1990:

L to R: Marc Hult, F.H. Chang, Tom Dorsey, LeFeng Guo, Matt Landon, Jessica Hopple, Don Siegel, Don Boyce, Isabelle Cozzarelli, Phil Bennett, Mary Jo Baedecker, Bob Eganhouse, Greg Justin, Dave Franzi (with Paul Bunyan and Babe in the background!).

Alphabetical list of Researchers [ A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | W ]

A

Name: George Aiken, USGS, Boulder, CO
Email: graiken@usgs.gov

Name: Rich Amos, University of Waterloo, Canada
Email: ramos@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca

B

Name: Debera Backhus, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Email: dbackhus@indiana.edu

Name: Arthur Baehr, USGS, West Trenton, NJ
Email: abaehr@usgs.gov

Name: Ronald Baker, USGS, West Trenton, NJ
Email: rbaker@usgs.gov

Name: Barbara Bekins, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Phone: (415) 329-4691
Email: babekins@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: The rate that biotransformation can be expected to clean up a contaminated aquifer ultimately depends on the population of active bio-degrading microbes. Thus, my research focus is to understand the changes in microbial populations that occur when an aquifer becomes contaminated with biodegradable organic compounds. The ultimate goal is to create a mathematical model that will predict these changes.

Name: Philip Bennett, Dept. of Geological Sciences University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 471-3587
Email: bennett@maestro.geo.utexas.edu

C

Name: Isabelle Cozzarelli, USGS, Reston, VA
Email: icozzare@usgs.gov
WWW: http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/organic/
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Intrinsic bioremediation. Biogeochemical processes and the formation of heterogeneous redox zones. Carbon, iron and sulfur cycling at redox zone boundaries.

Name: Gary Curtis, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Email: gpcurtis@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Numerical simulation of reactive transport in multicomponent systems.

D

Name: Geoff Delin, USGS, Mounds View, MN
Phone: (763) 783-3231
Email: delin@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Site coordinator and conducting collaborative research on multiphase flow processes, effects of temporal and spatial variability in recharge on the transport and degradation of oil in the unsaturated and saturated zones, and quantification of in-situ biodegradation rates of petroleum hydrocarbons in the unsaturated zone.

E

Name: Bob Eganhouse, USGS, Reston, VA
Phone: (703) 648-5879
Email: eganhous@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Processes affecting the transformation of dissolved and particulate organic matter in ground water and sediment. Use of molecular markers to partition sources of organic contaminants, determine microbial community composition, and elucidate physical and biogeochemical processes. Transport and fate of volatile and non-volatile dissolved organic matter in contaminated ground water.

Name: Hedeff Essaid, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Email: hiessaid@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Transport of immiscible contaminants and simulation of multiphase flow and biodegradation, and vapor phase transport.

F

Name: Ed Furlong, USGS, NWQL, Arvada, CO
Email: efurlong@usgs.gov

H

Name: William Herkelrath, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Email: wnherkel@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Research coordinator and conducting research on multiphase flow processes, spatial variability of ground-water recharge in relation to solute transport unsaturated zone instrumentation, and multiphase sampling techniques.

Name: Marc F. Hult, D.C. Beard Environmental Center
Phone: (606) 261-3882 (3885 fax)
Email: hult@hydrologist.com

J

Name: Jeanne Jaeschke, Reston, VA
Email: jaeschke@usgs.gov

L

Name: Derek Lovley, University of Massachusetts, MA
Phone: (413) 545-9651
Email: dlovley@microbio.umass.edu
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Contaminant degradation processes associated with the microbial reduction of Fe(III) are potentially very important mechanisms in the natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbon spills. Investigations into factors affecting contaminant degradation under Fe(III)-reducing conditions have demonstrated ways to stimulate iron reduction in situ and may ultimately lead to an alternative remedial technique for the restoration of contaminated sediments.

Name: Jeff Lucius, USGS, Denver, CO
Phone: (303) 236-1413
Email: lucius@usgs.gov
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Geophysics provides methods to non-invasively study the subsurface. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) has been used at the site to define the geologic framework and petroleum distribution. Previous work (1984-1990) collected GPR data on a 20-meter grid over most of the site. Proposed GPR work will collect detailed data (suitable for 3D processing) directly over the oil pools to better define their boundaries and the sedimentary structure above them.

M

Name: Ulrich Mayer, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, The University of British Columbia
Phone: (604) 822-1539
Email: umayer@eos.ubc.ca

Name: Fred Murphy, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Email: fmurphy@usgs.gov

Name: Kelly Nevin, University of Massachusetts, MA
Email: knevin@microbio.umass.edu
Research focus related to the Bemidji project: Contaminant degradation processes associated with the microbial reduction of Fe(III) are potentially very important mechanisms in the natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbon spills. Investigations into factors affecting contaminant degradation under Fe(III)-reducing conditions have demonstrated ways to stimulate iron reduction in situ and may ultimately lead to an alternative remedial technique for the restoration of contaminated sediments.

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