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DONALD I. SIEGEL |
PROFESSORHYDROGEOLOGYGEOCHEMISTRY |
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Department of Earth Sciences Office: 307 Heroy Geology Laboratory Phone: 315.443.3607 |
Don's major areas of research interest are: 1.) wetland hydrogeology and biogeochemistry, 2.) nutrient contamination and transport in watersheds with shallow soils, 3.) geochemical techniques used characterize groundwater contamination, 4.) and the interface between science and law. Siegel's research involves combining geochemical and hydrologic data coupled to computer simulation or other modeling approaches. He continues to have an active research program in northern Minnesota, evaluating the complex relationships among wetland ecosystem evolution, water chemistry, and hydrology.
Don's potential future research thrusts relate to the fate and transport of nutrients and and other solutes in Tai Lake in China, the fate and transport of rare earths introduced into the environment by the medical practice, and how to make regulatory science better fit modern scientific practices.
Research opportunities are available for selected, highly motivated, risk-taking graduate students, unafraid to make decisions for themselves and to do interesting science.
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Ph.D., Hydrogeology, University of Minnesota
M.S., Geology, Penn State University
B.S., Geology, University of Rhode Island
Professional Recognition
The O.E. Meinzer Award, Hydrogeology Division, Geological Society of America, 2005
Wasserstrom Graduate Mentoring Prize, Syracuse University, 2003
Councilor of the Geological Society of America, 2002-2005
Distinguished Service Award, Hydrogeologic Division, Geologic Society of America, 2001
Expert Witness to the United States Senate, Subcommittee on Environment and Public Affairs, June 26, 1997
Fellow, Geological Society of America, elected 1995
Birdsall Distinguished Lectureship in Hydrogeology , Geological Society America, 1992-1993
Committee on Techniques for Assessing Ground Water Contamination, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 1991‑1993.
Committee on Techniques for Wetland Delineation, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 1993-1994.
Committee on Regional Aquifer System Analysis, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 1998-2000
Committee on Water Use, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 2000-2001
Committee on Groundwater Fluxes, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 2002-20003
Committee on Hydrologic Research: Stream Information Program, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 2001-2005
Chair, Committee on River Science, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 2002-2007
Committee on U.S. Water Resources Division,, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, 2007-2009
Book Editor, Geological Society America, 2007-
Associate Editor, Geophere, 2005-present.
Associate Editor, Hydrogeology Journal, 2005-present.
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 1993-1996
Associate Editor, Wetlands. 1995-1998
Associate Editor, Ground Water, 1997-2005.
Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing - Water Resources Research, 1991
Member, National Water Science and Technology Board, National Academy of Sciences, 2007-
Terrestrial Process Studies, Research Foundation State of New York, $82,000, 2000-2003.
An integrated hydrology, geochemistry and geophyscis module for geoscience field camps, $60,000, NSF to the University of Missouri (Branson Field Camp).
West of Hudson Wetlands Characterization, Research Foundation State of New York, SU portion $105,000, funded 2003-2005
Hydrologic and geomorphic driving forces in a transitional climate, NSF.$725,000, pending
Evaluation of sewage galley systems in Putnam County, Department of Environmental Protection, City of New York, $242,000, September 1997-June, 2000.
East of Hudson Terrestrial Process Studies, Department of Environmental Protection, City of New York, $100,000, January 1999-January 2002.
Ocean Drilling Program, NSF, $40,000, 2001-2002.
The Geochemistry of Ground Water in Bedrock Formations, Niagara Falls, New York. U.S. Geological Survey, $165,094, January 1, 1987-December 30, 1991.
Trace Metal Retention and Transport in Mineral Soils Impacted by Leachate Application to Wetlands, U.S. Geological Survey, $20,000, May 1989-May 1992.
Mechanisms controlling the production and transport of gases and solutes within a large boreal peat basin, Department of Energy, $466,608, June 1990-June 1996.
Two major peat basins in boreal America: sources, sinks or steady-state reservoirs in the global carbon cycle? NSF, $256,127, June 1990-June 1993.
Geochemical controls over heavy metal contamination in ground water associated with the Fresh Kills Landfill, Wehren Engineering, $81,400, February 1991-February 1993.
Mechanisms controlling the production and transport of methane, carbon, dioxide, and dissolved solutes within a large boreal peat basin, U.S. Department of Energy, $41,118 Grant, June 1992-June 1993.
Determination of substrate stratigraphy and depth to bedrock under peatland landforms, NSF, $28,522, (NSF Research Opportunity Award (ROA), June 1992-June, 1993.
Transient changes in methane storage and transport, Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands, DOE, $380,000, June 1993- June 1995.
Hydrologic and geomorphic driving forces in a transitional climate, NFS, $744,000, May 2005-May 2008.
Investigating Earth Science in Urban Schoolyards: An Outreach and Professional Development Model for Elementary Schools m NSF, $150,000, May 2006-May 2008
Collaborative Research: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Groundwater-Carbon Coupling in Large Peat Basins and its Relation to Climate Change, $345,000. May 2006-May 2009.
Siegel, D.I. (Chairman), 2006, River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey, National Academy Press.
Siegel, D.I. and Glaser, P.H., 2006, The Hydrology of Peatlands, In: Boreal Peatland Ecosystems, Ed. R. Kelman Wieder and Dale H. Vitt, Springer Berlin Heidelberg ,p. 289-311
Siegel,.D.I., P. H. Glaser, So, J. Janecke, D.R., 2006, The dynamic balance between organic acids and circumneutral groundwater in a large boreal peat basin, Journal Hydrology, vol. 320, p. 421–431.
Siegel, D.I,, 2004, Lesniak, K.A., Stute, M., and S.Frape, 2004, Isotopic geochemistry of the Saratoga springs: Implications for the origin of solutes and source of carbon dioxide, Geology, vol. 34, p. 256-260
Siegel, D.I., J.P. Chanton, P.H. Glaser, and D.O. Rosenberry, 2001, Estimating methane production rates in bogs and landfills by deuterium enrichment of pore-water, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol. 15, 967 -977.
Chanton, J.P., Chasar, L.C., Glaser, P. and Siegel, D. (2005) Carbon and Hydrogen, Isotopic Effects in Microbial Methane from Terrestrial Environments In: Stable Isotopes and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, (eds. Flanagan, L.B. Ehleringer, J.R. Pataki, D.E.) Physiological Ecology Series 85-105.
Glaser, P.H., D.I. Siegel, A.S. Reeve, and J.P. Chanton. 2006, The hydrology of large peat basins in North America, In Peatlands : basin evolution and depository of records on global environmental and climatic changes Martini, I.P., Matinez Cortizas, A., and Chesworth, W. (eds.) Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Glaser, P.H., D.I. Siegel, A.S. Reeve, J.A. Janssens, and D.R. Janecky. 2004. Tectonic drivers for vegetation patterning and landscape evolution in the Albany River region of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Journal of Ecology, 92, 1054–1070
Glaser, P.H., B.C.S. Hansen, D.I. Siegel, A.S. Reeve, Morin, P.J.. 2004.. Rates, pathways, and drivers for peatland development in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, northern Ontario. Journal of Ecology, 92, 1036–1053.
Glaser P. H., J. P. Chanton, P. Morin, D. O. Rosenberry, D. I. Siegel, O. Ruud, L. I. Chasar, A. S. Reeve (2004), Surface deformations as indicators of deep ebullition fluxes in a large northern peatland, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 18, GB1003, doi:10.1029/2003GB002069.
Lautz, L.K. and Siegel, D.I., 2006, Modeling Surface and Ground Water Mixing in the Hyporheic Zone Using MODFLOW and MT3D, Advances in Hydrologic Sciences,p. 1618–1633
Lautz, L.K., Siegel, D.I., and Robert L. Bauer, 2006, Hyporheic Interaction Along a Second Order Semi-Arid Stream, Red Canyon Creek, Wyoming, Hydrologic Processes, p. 83–196.
Limburg, K.E. and Siegel, D.I., 2006,The geochemistry of connected waterways, and the potential for tracing fish migrations, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences v. 28, p. 254-265.
McKenzie, J.M., Siegel, D.I., Voss, C., Rosenberry, D., and Glaser, P.H., Heat transport in the Red Lake Bog, Minnesota, 2007, Hydrologic Processes, Vol 21, pp. 369 - 378
McKenzie, J.M., Voss, C., Siegel, D.I., 2007, Groundwater flow with energy transport and water-ice phase change : Numerical simulations, benchmarks, and application to freezing in peat bogs, Advances in water resources, vol. 30,, pp. 966-983
Otz, Martin H., E. Hinchey, D. I. Siegel, Heinz K. Otz, and I. Otz, 2004, Fluorescent dye-tracing as a cost-effective tool in applied contaminant hydrology: A case study of synchronous spectro-fluorometry in a heavily oil-contaminated aquifer, In Proceedings of the National Groundwater Association Hydrocarbon Meeting, Baltimore, MD , 45-60.
Reeve, A.S., Evensena, R., Glaser, P.H., Siegel, D.I. and Rosenberry, D., 2006,Flow path oscillations in transient ground-water simulations of large peatland systems, Journal of Hydrology. Vol. 316, p. 313–324
Rosenberry, D., Glaser, P.H. and Siegel, D.I.. 2006,How Biogenic Gas Affects The Hydrology of Northern Peatlands: Current Developments and Research Needs, Hydrologic Processees, 20, p. 3601–3610
Courses:
GOL105 Earth Science
GOL541 Hydrogeology
GOL600(1) Contaminant Hydrogeology
GOL600(2) Aqueous Geochemistry
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