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Hang Deng

Research Scientist

Building 074, Room 0327P

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-4537

[email protected]

Curriculum Vitae

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  • Education
  • Experience
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  • Scholarly Service
  • Recent Research Projects
  • Teaching Experience

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.

Publications

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Education

  • Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2015
  • Graduate certificate in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2015
  • M.A. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2012
  • B.A. China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, 2009
  • B.S. School of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, 2009

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Energy Geosciences Division (EGD), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2018-Present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, EGD-LBNL, 2015-2018

Awards

  • Seaborg Fellow, Early Career Enrichment Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2018
  • ORISE Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy Professional Internship Appointment, 2013
  • Science, Technology & Environmental Policy Fellowship, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2012
  • Fellowship in Science and Engineering, Princeton University, 2009
  • National Undergraduate Scholarship, the Ministry of Education, China, 2008
  • China Educational Foundation for Undergraduate Students of Sciences (Grant #J0630531), 2007

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophyscial Union
  • American Chemical Society
  • Geochemcial Society

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

Recent Research Projects

  • Investigating fracture alteration caused by multiphase reactive flow supported by a LBNL Early Career Award
  • Understanding geochemical alteration of fractured shale matrix as part of the project on ‘A New Framework for Microscopic to Reservoir-Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Production: Testing with Comprehensive Data from HFTS and Other Hydraulic Fracturing Field Test Sites’
  • Developing upscaling framework for multi-physics codes as part of the project on ‘An Exascale Subsurface Simulator of Coupled Flow, Transport, Reactions and Mechanics’
  • Understanding microscopic processes controlling gas migration in geo-materials as part of the ‘Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition’ project

Teaching Experience

  • Environmental Implications of Energy Technologies by Professor Daniel E. Giammar, 2012
  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering by Professor Catherine A. Peters, 2011
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