Athena Nghiem

Research

My research explores environmental variability in hydrology and redox processes affecting critical water resources such as groundwater, and the drivers for the release, fate, and transport of trace elements and contaminants across different reservoirs in the environment. My research focuses on combining traditional laboratory and field approaches with data science and process-based modeling, incorporating a variety of techniques that range from X-ray absorption spectroscopy to reactive transport modeling. My aim is to investigate trace element mobilization, spanning from quantifying hydrological and biogeochemical cycling impacts on groundwater and other water resources under local to global scenarios of change and addressing community-motivated questions related to the sustainability of water resources to balancing understanding of in-situ recovery of critical elements and minerals.

Publications

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Teaching

• GEOSCI 375: Principles of Geochemistry
• GEOSCI/GLE 627: Hydrogeology
• GEOSCI 875: Legacy of Redox Processes in Groundwater
• GEOSCI 875: Reactive Transport Modeling

Current Graduate Students

• Juyong Bak
• Savannah Finley
• Logan Goulette
• Clara Kieschnick