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Stefan Finsterle

Guest Scientist

Affiliate

safinsterle@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Publications

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Research Interests

Multi-physics joint inverse modeling of non-isosthermal multiphase flow systems; fracture and unsaturated zone hydrology; hydrogeophysics; test design and data analysis; optimization; error and uncertainty analysis; geostatistics.

Education

  • Ph.D. Hydrogeology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, 1993
  • M.S. Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, 1988
  • B.S. Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, 1985

Experience

  • Consultant, Finsterle GeoConsulting, Kensington, California, 2016-Present
  • Guest Scientist, Energy Geociences Division, LBNL, Berkeley California, 2016-Present
  • Staff Geological Scientist, Earth Sciences Division (Head Hydrogeology Department, 2006-2008), 2001-2016
  • Guest Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China, 2010
  • Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, California, 2005-2006, 2015
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Sciences, Clemson University, South Carolina, 1996
  • Visiting Scientist, School of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1995
  • Geological Scientist, LBNL-ESD, 1994-2001
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, LBNL-ESD, 1993-1994
  • Research Engineer, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Glaciology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, 1988-1993

Awards

  • U.S. Department of Energy Secretarial Honor Award, 2011
  • Berkeley Lab Tech Transfer Award, 2005, 2012
  • Berkeley Lab Outstanding Performance Award, 2003
  • Medal of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, for an outstanding doctoral dissertation, 1993
  • Diplompreis des Schweizerischen Kulturingenieur Vereins, for an outstanding master thesis in land surveying, 1989

Software

Main developer of iTOUGH2 nonisothermal multiphase inverse modeling code

Additional Webpage

Finsterle GeoConsulting
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