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Michael B. Kowalsky

Guest Scientist

Building 085B, Room 0107

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-7314

Fax: 510-486-5686

mbkowalsky@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Development of approaches for the integrated characterization, modeling, and monitoring of subsurface processes using hydrological and geophysical data for applications including environmental remediation, CO2 sequestration, nuclear waste disposal, gas hydrates, and water resources. Experience in applying numerical, geostatistical, and inverse modeling techniques to a variety of problems in hydrology and geophysics.

Publications

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Research Interests

  • Hydrogeophysics
  • Coupled hydrogeophysical inversion (joint inversion of hydrological and geophysical data)
  • Aquifer characterization using inverse modeling and data integration approaches
  • Simulation of gas hydrate behavior and geophysical response
  • Geostatistical and numerical methods in hydrogeology and geophysics

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
  • M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
  • B.S. Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 1997

Experience

  • Guest Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) - Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, 2017-Present
  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) - Earth Sciences Division (ESD), Berkeley, CA, 2006-2017
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, LBNL-ESD, 2004-2005
  • Graduate Student Researcher, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2000-2003
  • Annual Research Grant Recipient (DAAD), Dept. of Applied Geology, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1999-2000
  • Graduate Student Researcher, LBNL-ESD, 1997-1999
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 1995-1997
  • Software Development Internship, Information Technology Dept., Forest Hospital, Des Plaines, Illinois, 1995

Awards

  • Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, LBNL, 2012
  • Outstanding Performance Award, LBNL, 2006
  • Member of teams receiving Technology Transfer Award, LBNL, 2005
  • Author of 6th most requested article in Advances in Water Resources, 2004-2005
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