Author: Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez

Dorothee Kurz's paper on how both biofilm clustering and its internal permeability contribute to the fluid velocity variability in porous media is now been published in Environmental Science and Technology.

A new publication in Water Resources Research in collaboration with CSIC-Barcelona colleagues (Ilian Ben-Noah, Juan Hidalgo, and Marco Dentz) on the mechanisms behind the anomalous transport in unsaturated porous media.

Ishaan Markale has successfully defended his PhD thesis! Congrats, Ishaan!

A new educational and engaging publication! Thanks to Water Science Policy. The importance of agricultural practices in protecting groundwater - To drip or not to drip? Understanding nitrogen leaching in semi-arid Spain

Dorothee Kurz's paper is now published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments. We present a microfluidic platform and the protocol of use to study biofilm development in quasi-2D porous media.

A new publication in Interface Focus in collaboration with Secchi's group on the role of biofilm matrix composition in controlling the expansion and morphology of the colonies.

New publication, with colleagues from the Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water at Eawag and collaborators from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, on the use of microfluidics, in combination with optical microscopy and X-ray spectroscopy, to investigate arsenic retention from zerovalent iron-based water treatment in Environmental Science & Technology.

Dorothee Kurz receives the Award for the best poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Flow and Transport in Permeable Media. Congratulations!

Bacterial biofilms are found in many porous materials. Dorothee Kurz's paper is now published in Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences. In collaboration with colleagues from Princeton University, we show that the competition between hydrodynamics and microbial growth governs the opening and closing of preferential flow paths.

The project IRRIWAM, led by Dr. Sandra Pool (SEP Group), showed that irrigation technology is crucial. It contributes more than climate change to how much water evaporates and groundwater accumulates.This project has been funded through the World Food System Center (Competitive Center of ETH Zurich) with the economical support from Coop. See video