Research
Interests and Activities
- Application
of geochemistry and numerical modeling to the understanding of
hydrologic processes
- Development
of reaction-transport models and computer codes to investigate
water-rock interaction in heterogeneous unsaturated fractured
rock
- Modeling
of coupled thermal, hydrological, and chemical processes associated
with large-scale underground thermal tests and the proposed nuclear
waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
- Geochemistry
and reaction-transport modeling of melt migration and crystallization
in magmas
Education
- Ph.D.,
Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1990.
- B.S.,
Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1982.
Positions
- Deputy
Department Head, Geochemistry Department, Earth Sciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2002-present.
- Group
Leader Ð Geochemical Transport, Geochemistry Department, Earth
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1999-present.
- Geological
Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, 1996-present.
- Visiting
Instructor, Department of Geological Sciences, University
of Oregon, Eugene, 1995.
- Postdoctoral
Research Scientist, French Institute of Petroleum -
Geochemistry Division, Rueil-Malmaison, 1993-1994.
- Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Department of
Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1990-1993.
Publications
and Scientific Reports |
Eric
Sonnenthal
Scientist/Deputy
Department Head
Geochemistry
Department
Phone:
510-486-5866
Fax: 510-486-5686
Email: elsonnenthal@lbl.gov
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