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Group Members
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Verónica L Morales

Associate Professor

Email: vermorales@ucdavis.edu

  • BS Environmental Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • MS Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University 

  • PhD Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

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Hamidreza Khoshtarash

PhD student: Hydrodynamics and reactive transport in bioclogged porous media

Email: hkhoshtarash@ucdavis.edu

  • MS Mechanical Engineering: Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran

  • BS Mechanical Engineering: Urmia University of Technology, Urmia

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Zhe Zhao

MS student: Reactive transport during Managed Aquifer Recharge

Email: zezzhao@ucdavis.edu

  • BS Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering: China University of Geosciences, Beijing

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Jorge Vargas

MS student: Flow in bioclogged porous media

Email: jlvargaslara@ucdavis.edu

  • BS Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

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Jaclyn Nguyen

Undergrad research assistant: STEM outreach & mineral dissolution

Email: jpvnguyen@ucdavis.edu

  • Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

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Kimberly Aranza

Undergrad research assistant: Mineral dissolution

Email: kjimenezveronica@ucdavis.edu

  • Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

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Sydney Griffin

Undergrad research assistant: 3D printed porous media

Email: srgriffin@ucdavis.edu

  • Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

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Brandon Mangornong

Undergrad research assistant: Flow path entropy

Email: bjmangornong@ucdavis.edu

  • Computer Science, University of California, Davis

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Domingo Von Douglas Morales

Lab pet

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  • Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

Alumni       
      K. Diaz. Sensitivity Analysis of a General Contaminant Spill (UC Davis, 2025)
      A. Bonazzi. Reactive transport during Managed Aquifer Recharge (UC Davis, 2024-2025)
      G. Wang. Tracer transport in 3D printed soil analogues (UC Davis, 2024)      
      N. Felipe. Hydrodynamics in corrugated channels (UC Davis, 2024)      
      K. Nguyen. Direct Numerical Simulations (UC Davis, 2024)
      J. Weldon. Trasport of agrochemicals in soils (UC Davis, 2024)
      Z. Kanavas. Flow phenomena under spatial heterogeneity (PhD UC Davis, 2023)
      F. Miele. Nanoparticle filtration in heterogeneous soils (Postdoc UC Davis, 2023)
      B. Green. Percolation and mixing in paper microfluidics (BS REU Rose-Hulman, 2023)
      L. Ray. Chemical sensors & Flow homogenization with pore structure (BS UC Davis, 2023)
      T. Lithgow. Interactive web-tools for teaching groundwater contamination (BS UC Davis, 2022)
      J. Patiño. Colloid transport under heterogeneity (PhD UC Davis, 2022) 
      B. Kedia. Point of user water filtration system for rural-India (Santa Clara HS, 2022)     
      E. Nemami. Point of user water filtration system for rural-India (Santa Clara HS, 2022)
      M. Teng. Interactive web-tools for teaching groundwater contamination (BS UC Davis, 2021)
      M. Dughi. Contaminant transport in agricultural soils. (MS UC Davis, 2021)
      Z. Kanavas. Flow heterogeneity-pore structure relationship. (MS UC Davis, 2021)
      J. Zhou. Preferential flow in bioclogged porous media. (MS UC Davis, 2021)       
      A. Perez. Flow-induced aggregation (MS UC Davis, 2020)
      V. Chang. DNA-labeled hydrologic tracers (BS UC Davis, 2018)
      Z. Azzaino. Velocity variability in porous media flows (MS UC Davis, 2018)
      G. Hoang. Colloid stability in fracking fluids (MS UC Davis, 2017)
      M. Carrel. Anomalous transport in bioclogged porous media (PhD ETH Zürich, 2017)
      F. Arns. Channelized flow (MS ETH Zürich, 2017)
      F. Opfenkuch. Colloid remobilization (MS ETH Zürich, 2015)
      D. Sagesser. Transport through porous media (MS ETH Zürich, 2014)
      W. Sang. Colloid retention (PhD Cornell & Tongji University, 2012)
      B.S. McDonough. Colloid transport (BS Cornell University, 2009)
      J. Mills. Trichloroethylene vapor intrusion (BS Cornell University, 2007)
      K. Katie. Trichloroethylene vapor intrusion (BS Cornell University, 2007)
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Administrative Support
      Rachael Rubinato
      Lauren Worrell
      Steven Lucero

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