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
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... Doctoral position available!
December 27, 2024
A new doctoral position on 'surface reactions in unsaturated porous media' is available. Click here for more information!
Editors’ Choice Award in Water Resources Research
December 12, 2024
The paper "Solute Trapping and the Mechanisms of Non‐Fickian Transport in Partially Saturated Porous Media" in collaboration with our colleagues from Barcelona has received the annual Edito