Gaisheng Liu

Address Information

Kansas Geological Survey

1930 Constant Avenue

Lawrence, KS 66047-3726

Phone: (785) 864-2115

Fax: (785) 864-5317

E-mail: gliu@kgs.ku.edu

Education

• Ph.D. in Geology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 2004
• M.S. in Geology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 2003
• B.S. in Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, China, 1997

Professional Experience:

• 2006-current, Assistant Scientist, Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, Lawrence
• 2005-2006, Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Oklahoma, Norman
• 2004-2005, Research Associate, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• 1999-2004, Research/Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• 1997-1999, Research Associate, National Research Lab of Engineering Geology, Chengdu, China

Interests and Expertise:

• Uncertainty analysis in geological models
• Multi-scale subsurface fluid modeling
• Modeling and Risk Assessment of CO2 sequestration in deep fractured coalbed methane reservoirs
• Field tracer test, core sampling and modeling analysis
• Modeling and experimental study of contaminant transport in aquifers containing connected high-conductivity networks
• Development and application of a general chance-constrained approach for groundwater remediation system design under uncertainty
• Development of solution techniques for modeling advective contaminant transport

Professional Activities

• 2001-current, The Geological Society of America, Member
• 2001-current, American Geophysical Union, Member
• Invited Reviewer for Various Journals Including, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Advances in Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Resources Research

Honors and Awards:

• Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award, College of Art and Sciences, The University of Alabama, 2003
• Graduate Student Research Grant Award, Hydrogeology Division, The Geological Society of America, 2003
• Outstanding Student Research Award, The Geological Society of America, 2003
• Dissertation Research Fellowship, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 2002
• Graduate Research Council Fellowship, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1999

Selected Papers Presented at Conferences:

Liu, G., Zhang D., and Lu, Z., MODFLOW-STO: Stochastic Modeling of Flow in Saturated Porous Media Using MODFLOW-2000: AGU Fall Meet., 2005, San Francisco, CA.

C. Zheng, Liu, G., and Gorelick, S.M., 2005 Understanding solute transport in extremely heterogeneous media: What has been learned from 20 years of research at the MADE site?: Geol. Soc. of America, Annual Meet., 2005, Salt Lake City, UT.

Liu, G., Tick, G., Zheng, C., Chandler J., and Rincon, E., 2004, A new tracer test at the MADE site: characterizing small-scale preferential flow channels and their effects on solute transport: Geol. Soc. of America, Annual Meet., 2004, Denver, CO.

Liu, G., and Zheng, C., 2004, Improving contaminant plume characterization in heterogeneous aquifers: The 4th Annual Alabama Groundwater Conference, 2004, Montgomery, AL.

Liu, G., Zheng C., and Gorelick, S.M., 2003, Accounting for Decimeter-Scale Preferential Flow Paths in Solute transport Modeling: Challenges and Strategy: Geol. Soc. of America, Annual Meet., 2003, Seattle, WA.

Liu, G., Zheng C., and Gorelick, S.M., 2002, Relative Importance of Dispersive and Diffusional Processes in Aquifers Containing a Connected High-Conductivity Network: Assessment of the Relative Conductivity Peclet Number Criterion: EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 2002, San Francisco, CA.

Liu, G., Wang P., and Zheng, C., 2001, An Explicit and Mass-Conservative Scheme without Time-Step Limit for Modeling Advection-Dominated Contaminant Transport; in, MODFLOW 2001 and other modeling odysseys: Golden, Colorado, USA, 548-554.

Spiessl, S. M., Sauter, M., Zheng, C., and Liu, G., 2002 Comparison of Two Numerical Methods for Advection in a Pipe Network Coupled to a Continuum Transport Model, Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: A Few Steps Closer to Reality: IAHS Publ. no. 277, 2002. p. 60-68.

Papers Published:

Liu, G., Zhang D., and Lu, Z., (in press), Stochastic Uncertainty Analysis for Unconfined Flow Systems.

Gorelick, S.M., Liu, G., and Zheng, C., (in press), Quantifying Mass Transfer in Permeable Media Containing Conductive Dendritic Networks: Geophysical Research Letters.

Liu, G., Zheng C., and Gorelick,S.M., 2004, Limits of Applicability of the Advection-Dispersion Model in Aquifers Containing Connected High-Conductivity Channels: Water Resour. Res., 40(8).

Report Published:

Liu, G., Zhang, D., Chen, Y., and Lu, Z., 2005, MODFLOW-STO: Stochastic Modeling of Flow in Saturated Porous Media Using MODFLOW-2000: Technical Report No. MPGE2005-001, 122 p. Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Papers in Review:

Liu, G., Zheng C., and Gorelick, S.M., (in review), Systematic Evaluation of Dual-Domain Mass Transfer Model to Simulate Transport Affected by Decimeter-Scale Preferential Flow Path: manuscript submitted to Water Resour. Res.

Liu, G., Zheng, C., Gorelick S.M., and Tick, G., (in review), Transport Processes in Highly Heterogeneous Porous Media: Tracer Test Analysis at the MADE Site: manuscript submitted to Water Resour. Res.

Liu, G., Zhang D., and Lu, Z., (in review), Stochastic Transport Modeling in Randomly Heterogeneous Media Using a Karhunen-Loeve Based Moment Equation Approach: manuscript submitted to Water Resour. Res.

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