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New Chairman, Jens Birkholzer and Berkeley Lab to Coordinate DECOVALEX Activities

February 29, 2016

Energy Geosciences Division Director Jens Birkholzer was recently named the Chairman of the DECOVALEX Project, which is an international research and model comparison collaboration, consisting of a number of nuclear waste management organizations and regulatory authorities with several contributing research teams. DECOVALEX which stands for DEvelopment of COupled models and their VALidation against EXperiments, has…

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Birkholzer is IJGGC’s new Associate Editor for CO2 Geologic Storage

February 22, 2016

Jens Birkholzer, hydrogeologist and Division Director of Energy Geosciences, has joined the editorial board of the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (IJGGC) as the Associate Editor for CO2 geological storage. As an associate editor, Birkholzer will ensure that the scientific quality and impact of the journal remains high. His research interests in evaluating the…

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WSEC people in EESA, CESD and EGD

February 8, 2016

Lara Kueppers, Women @ The Lab 2015

Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) at Berkeley Lab advocates for career development and work-life balance for women. Anyone (including men) who advocates for women in the sciences can become a member. Ongoing throughout the year, WSEC holds events and contributes to lab-wide efforts. Each division sends an official representative. EGD’s WSEC representative is Romy…

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Is it safe to use oilfield wastewater on crops?

January 22, 2016

California almond orchard. Almond orchard: David Scheuber / Shutterstock.com

Is it safe to use treated oilfield wastewater to irrigate almond, pistachio and citrus groves? William Stringfellow, environmental engineer in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Energy Geosciences Division), says, “We’re not able to answer the public definitely, and say there’s no problem.” Dr. Stringfellow joins a new panel, “Regional Water Quality Control Board Food Safety Expert Panel,” that…

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Lauren Beckingham, EFRC Postdoctoral Researcher Winner for 2015

January 13, 2016

Lauren Beckingham, currently an Assistant Professor at Auburn University in Alabama (formerly a postdoctoral fellow in the Energy Geosciences Division), was selected as one of the Postdoctoral Researcher Winners of the Energy Frontier Research Center’s (EFRC) 2015 Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Competition. Beckingham was selected as one of 16 finalists from more than 50…

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Pierpaolo Marchesini Receives 2015 Gustavo Sclocchi Thesis Award

January 11, 2016

Pierpaolo Marchesini, a new postdoctoral fellow in the Energy Geosciences Division (EGD) received the 2015 “Gustavo Sclocchi” Thesis Award in December. The Award is organized by EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), and Assomineraria (Italian Petroleum and Mining Industry Association – Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Resources Branch) and is given…

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