Hang Deng - Earth and Environmental Sciences Area

Biography

Dr. Hang Deng is a broadly trained environmental scientist (e.g. environmental engineering, geosciences, and economics), with special research interests and expertise in coupled processes in reactive fractured porous media. Her current research investigates the evolution of fractured porous media using an integrated experimental and modeling approach, and puts an emphasis on geochemical reactions at the fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces and the coupled hydrological-mechanical-thermal processes triggered by these reactions. Her research includes (1) characterization of complex fractured porous media using various imaging techniques, (2) quantification of fracture hydraulic properties using computational fluid dynamics simulations, (3) experimental investigation of the impacts of fluid chemistry on fracture alteration, and (4) reactive transport modeling of the dynamic evolution of fractures and porous media in mineralogically heterogeneous systems. She has additional expertise in policy and economic analyses of energy technologies for climate change mitigation using integrated assessment models. By advancing fundamental research and developing predictive modeling capability across scales, her research informs practices that address pressing challenges regarding energy, water and environment.

Scholarly Service

Hydrology Section Program Committee, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2019-Present
Primary Convener, Session “Modeling of Reactive Transport Processes Across Scales,” AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 2018
Primary Convener, Session “Evolving porous media and coupled chemical and physical processes,” InterPore 10th Annual Meeting and Jubilee, New Orleans, U.S.A., 2018
Primary Convener, Session “Mixing and Reactive Transport Processes in Hydrological Systems Across Scales,” AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, U.S.A., 2017
Co-Convener, Session “Cross-Scale Imaging and Image-Based Modeling of Subsurface Flow and Fluid–Rock Interactions in Porous and Fractured Media,” AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 2018
Co-Convener, Session “Reactive Transport in Fractures,” International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, Wuhan, China, Nov, 2018
Co-Convener, Session “Pore-Scale Geochemical Processes & the Implications to CO₂ Geologic Storage,” 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2017
Co-Convener, Session “Geochemical and Transport Processes Associated with CO₂ Geological Storage,” Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan, 2016
Reviewer (Journals): Applied Mathematical Modelling, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemical Geology, Computational Geosciences, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Earth and Space Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, Environmental Engineering Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geophysical Research Letters, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Science Advances, Science of the Total Environment, Transport in Porous Media, Water Resources Research