Li Zheng

Address Information

Kansas Geological Survey

1930 Constant Avenue

Lawrence, KS 66047-3726

Phone: (785) 864-2171

Fax: (785) 864-5317

E-mail: lizheng@kgs.ukans.edu

Education

• B.S. (Information Science), University of Science and Technology of China, 1991
• M.S. (Environmental Science), Bemidji State University, 1993
• Ph.D. (Water Resources Engineering), University of Notre Dame, 1998

Employment:

• Assistant Scientist, Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey, Jan. 1999-present
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Aug.1998 - Dec. 1998

Interest and Expertise:

• Flow and transport in porous media
• Heterogeneity characterization and geostatistics
• Numerical Analysis and computer modeling
• Multiple process coupling and complex phenomena
• Water resources management

Selected Professional Activities

• Member, American Geophysical Union, 1995-present
• Member, Geological Society of America, 1999-present
• Referee for Water Resources Research, 1998-present
• Referee for Computers and Geosciences, 1999-present

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• Butler, Jr., J. J.,  J.M. Healey, L. Zheng,  W. McCall,  and M. K. Schulmeister , "Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of Unconsolidated Alluvium with Direct-Push Sensor Technology",  1999 GSA Meeting, Denver.
• Zheng, L. and R. W. Buddemeier, " Water table changes in the Kansas High Plains aquifer: spatial and temporal trends and variability", Midwest Groundwater Conference, St. Paul, 1999.
• Zheng, L., and S. Silliman, "Microbial Transport to a Well in Multiple Realizations of a Heterogeneous Medium", AGU Eos, Suppl., V.80, No.46, F104, 1999.
• Zheng, L., and S. E. Silliman, "Estimating the variance and integral scale of the transmissivity field using hydraulic head residual increments," accepted,  Water Resources Research, Jan. 2000.
• Zheng, L. and S. E. Silliman, "Estimating the theoretical variogram from finite number of measurements," Water Resources Research, Vol. 36 , No. 1 , p. 361, 2000 (Paper Text in PDF format).
• Silliman, S. E. and L. Zheng, "Comparison of observations from a laboratory model and stochastic theory: initial analysis of hydraulic and tracer tests," accepted,  Transport in Porous Media, August 1999.
• Silliman, S. E., L. Zheng, and P. M. Conwell, "The use of laboratory experiments for the study of conservative solute transport in heterogeneous porous media," Geohydrology Journal, Vol. 6, No.1, p.166, 1998.
• Conwell, P. M., S. E. Silliman, and L. Zheng, "Design of a network for estimation of the variogram of the hydraulic gradient: The role of the instrument," Water Resources Research, Vol. 33, No. 11, p. 2489, 1997.
• Zheng, L., "Characterization of the Transmissivity Distribution Using Hydraulic Head Measurements," Geoanalysis Group seminar, Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, August, 1997.
• Zheng, L. and S. E. Silliman, "Data requirement for estimating the variogram in a stationary random field," 1997 Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Conwell, P., and, S. E. Silliman, and L. Zheng, "Two lab methods for estimating directional variograms of pore water velocities," 1997 Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Chan, J. T-P., B. Hagerup, L. Zheng, and S. E. Silliman, "Delineation of the capture zone and the impact of a limited aquifer knowledge," 1997 Fall meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Silliman, S. E. and L. Zheng, "Local Dispersion Length Scales for design of Laboratory Dispersion Experiments," 1996 Fall Meeting of American physical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Zheng, L. and F. H. Chang, "Kinetic Modeling of Cometabolic degradation of Trichloroethylene (TCE) by Methanotrophs," 1993 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA.
• Chang, F. H. and L. Zheng, "Bioremediation of Trichloroethylene in a Sanitary Landfill Site in Northern Minnesota, USA," 1993 International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, Bath, UK.