Boris Faybishenko

Research Experience

STAFF SCIENTIST, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 04/95 - present;

Conducted field and modeling investigations of water and air flow and contaminant transport in soils and fractured rocks at several sites (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; Idaho Engineering and Environmental National Laboratory, Idaho; McClellan Air Force Site, Sacramento, CA; Hanford, WA; Yucca Mountain, NV). PI and Co-PI of Several research projects.

Research Engineer, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, 02/1991-03/1996;

Developed field tools to be used in investigations of migration of organic contaminants and tritium in unsaturated soils at the LBNL site. Analyzed field data from contaminated sites to determine extent of contaminant migration of VOC and tritium. Developed a new semi-analytical method for investigation of the three-dimensional capture zone of partially penetrating withdrawal (or injecting) wells under the presence of regional uniform flow which is applicable in designing pump-and-treat remediation activities. Worked on a problem of determining hydraulic parameters of variably saturated soils in the vadose zone and groundwater.

Head of Laboratory for Hydrogeological and Engineering Geology Forecasting, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1983-1990;

Senior Research Scientist, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1977-1983;

Senior Engineer, engineer, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1970-1977;

Conducted field and laboratory investigations and numerical modeling of water and solute transport in saturated and unsaturated soils. Conducted field and modeling investigations of using recycled water from horizontal and vertical drainage system for irrigation. Developed special methods for monitoring and predicting radionuclide migration in the vadose zone and groundwater resulting from Chernobyl disaster. Developed a new theory for water transport in the presence of entrapped air in groundwater systems which is applicable to such practical situations as: artificial recharge basins, waste disposal sites, drainage systems, etc. Designed new laboratory methods for the simultaneous determination of the hydraulic and chemical parameters of variably saturated soils using single cores needed for the mathematical simulation of water and solute regimes in the groundwater system.