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Carl I. Steefel

Geochemistry Department Head

Senior Scientist & Department Head

Building 084, Room 0326

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-502-3660

Fax: 510-486-5686

cisteefel@lbl.gov

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Biography

Carl Steefel is currently a Senior Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Laboratory. He also serves as head of the Geochemistry Department. He has more than 30 years of experience in developing models for multicomponent reactive transport in porous media and applying them to topics in water-rock interaction, reactive contaminant transport, chemical weathering, isotopic exchange, and watershed modeling. Recent work has focused on modeling of geochemical transport and electrostatic effects in clay-rich rocks. He is the principal developer of the CrunchFlow software, which won an R&D100 Award in 2017 and was named an AGU Fellow in 2019.

Publications

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Research Interests

  • High performance computing: HPC modeling of integrated terrestrial water and nutrients, subsurface fracture evolution
  • Machine learning: Hybrid and reduced dimension/order models for watershed biogeochemical function
  • Reactive transport modeling: Numerical modeling of pore scale processes, reactive contaminant transport, reactive transport in clays, chemical weathering and negative emissions of CO2
  • Mineral-water kinetics: Mineral dissolution and precipitation kinetics
  • Biogeochemistry: Biogeochemical reactions in groundwater, estuaries, and oceans

Education

  • Ph.D. Geochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1992
  • M.S. Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1982
  • B.A. English Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1974

Experience

  • Department Head, Geochemistry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)-Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, 2016-Present
  • Senior Scientist, LBNL - Energy Geosciences Division/Earth Sciences Division (ESD), 2012-Present
  • Staff Scientist, LBNL-ESD, 2004-2012
  • Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Environmental Science Division, 1998-2004
  • Assistant Professor of Geology, University of South Florida, 1995-1998
  • Senior Research Scientist, Interfacial Geochemistry Group, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1995
  • Research Scientist, Interfacial Geochemistry Group, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1993-1995
  • Post-doctoral Associate, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitat Bern, 1991-1992
  • Teaching and Research Fellowships, Yale University Department of Geology, 1985-1991
  • Project Geologist, Anaconda Minerals, 1985
  • Staff geologist, Anaconda Minerals, 1983-1985
  • Geologist, Anaconda Minerals, 1981-1983
  • Temporary geologist, Anaconda Minerals, 1979-1980
  • Geological Assistant, U.S.G.S. Branch of Exploration Research, 1978
  • Manuscripts Librarian, Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1976

Awards

  • Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, 2020
  • American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2019
  • R&D 100 Award Winner for reactive transport software CrunchFlow (Executables/Downloads), 2017
  • George A. Miller Visiting Scholar at the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois Champaign, 2016
  • Award for outstanding contributions to basic research in the geosciences, Geosciences Research Program, Department of Energy, 2007
  • Philip M. Orville Prize for outstanding research and scholarship, Yale University, 1990
  • Best Student Contribution, 2nd International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface and of Mineral Formation, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1990
  • Outstanding Mention, GSA Research Proposal, 1989
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Washington University, 1974
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