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Jiamin Wan

Staff Scientist

Building 084, Room 0136

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-6004

Fax: 510-486-7152

jmwan@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education
  • Experience
  • Awards
  • Scholarly Service
  • Grant Awards (as the Lead PI)
  • Other Web Pages

Biography

Jiamin Wan completed graduate education in hydrology and geochemistry. Since graduation, she has been employed in the Earth Sciences Division (now the Energy Geosciences Division) of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and is currently a Staff Scientist. Her research is focused on interfacial, wetting, and capillary phenomena in geologic materials, and on biogeochemical reactions and subsurface transport of contaminants, colloids and nano- particulates. Her studies under high-pressure and high-temperature reservoir conditions combine pore- scale microscopy of fluid interfacial dynamics with surface spectroscopy and macroscopic interfacial measurements to understand mechanisms controlling CO2, water, and oil interactions. She currently has 90 publications (1/3 as the first author, H-Index 34) in peer-reviewed journals. She was the lead principal investigator for many projects over two decades when funding was available through competitive peer-reviewed processes.

Research Interests

  • Interfacial phenomenon in hydrogeological media: Dynamic wetting and fluid-fluid interfacial tensions under atmosphere and elevated (deep subsurface) pressures and temperatures; colloid stability, partitioning, and transport.
  • CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR):Altering CO2 apparent viscosity (using foams) and varying wettability to control fluids mobility; to test these in high-pressure micromodels and cores.
  • Hydraulic fracturing: Developing new fracturing fluids as the alternative to water-based fracturing fluids; understanding the fluids-rock interactions and manipulating the interfacial properties.
  • Geological CO2 sequestration: Studies of mechanisms controlling CO2 mobility and trapping, and caprock integrity through pore-scale microscopy, surface spectroscopy, and macroscopic interfacial measurements under elevated P-T conditions.
  • Contaminant biogeochemistry and plume remediation: Studies of reactions, transport, and remediation of contaminants including U and Cr.
  • Soil C and N transport and transformations and their impacts on C and N cycling: from the unsaturated zone to groundwater.

Education

  • Ph.D. Hydrology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1993
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Geochemistry, New Mexico Tech, 1986-1989
  • M.S. Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1984
  • B.S. Chemistry, Beijing University of Iron and Steel Technology, China, 1981

Experience

  • Staff Geological Scientist, LBNL - Energy Geosciences Division (Formerly ESD), 1997-Present
  • Scientist, LBNL-ESD, 1995-1997
  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) - Earth Sciences Division (ESD), 1993-1995
  • Graduate Research Associate in Hydrology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 1989-1993
  • Graduate Research Associate and Ph.D., candidate (passed the candidate exams in Geochemistry, then switched my major to Hydrology in 1989), 1986-1989
  • Scientist, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1984-1986
  • Research Associate, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1984-1986

Awards

  • “Outstanding Contributions in Geosciences Research” from U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Science, August, 1998
  • The Langmuir Award, from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1995
  • First place as "Outstanding Dissertation Award for the Water Resources” in Environmental and Biological Sciences, The Universities Council of Water Resources, 1993
  • Graduate Student Award, Division of Environmental Chemistry of American Chemical Society, 1993
  • Graduate Student Paper Award, from the American Chemical Society, 1993

Scholarly Service

  • Reviewer, Environmental Science & Technology, 1998-Present
  • Reviewer, Water Resources Research, 1997-Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 2002-Present
  • Reviewer, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2005-Present
  • Reviewer, Vadose Zone Journal, 2007-Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2008-Present
  • Reviewer, Energy and Fuel, 2012-Present

Grant Awards (as the Lead PI)

  • DOE - BER: Environmental impacts of engineered nano-materials, 2008-2010
  • DOE - ERSP: Hydrological and geochemical studies of alkaline plumes at the 200 Area the Hanford Site, 2007-2009
  • DOE - EMSP: Development of U waste plumes at the Hanford Site, 2004-2006
  • DOE - BES: Nanoparticles fate and transport in the subsurface, 2004-2006
  • DOE - NABIR: Coupled transport and bioreduction of U(VI) in sediments, 2002-2004
  • DOE - EMSP: Evolution of alkaline-saline waste plumes in the Hanford site, 2001-2003
  • DOE - BES: Interfacial properties of colloids and nanoparticles in subsurface, 2001-2003
  • DOE - NABIR: Mesoscale biotransformation dynamics of Cr and U, 1999-2001
  • DOE - BES: Unsaturated flow and colloid transport, 1998-2000
  • DOE - EMSP: Sorption of organics and metals onto gas-water interfaces: implications on contaminant transport in vadose zone, 1997-1999
  • DOE - BES: Colloid transport in unsaturated porous media, 1995-1997

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