Summary
Marco Bianchi is a solute transport modeller at the 51ΑΤΖζ. His research is mainly focused on characterisation of heterogeneity in geological media and studying its impact on fluid flow and solute transport.
Marco Bianchi’s Biography
- 2017 – ongoing: Solute transport modeller
- 2014 – Research Fellow Scientist, 51ΑΤΖζ, UK
- 2011 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,USA
- 2010 – Ph.D., Earth Sciences Department, The University of Alabama, USA
- 2002 – Laurea degree in Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Milan, Italy
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Current projects and collaborations
- 2022 – Evaluation, Quantification and Identification of Pathways and Targets for the assessment of Shale Gas RISK (EQUIPT4RISK)
- 2019 – 2021: Philippines Groundwater Outlook (PhiGO)
- 2019 – 2021: Anomalous Transport in Geological Media: non-Fickian dispersion models and inversion – with Matteo Icardi and Bagus Muljadi (GERC – The University of Nottingham
Publications
Key papers
Bianchi, M, and Pedretti, D. 2017. Geological entropy and solute transport in heterogeneous porous media. Water Resources Research, 53(6), 4691β4708. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR020195
Bianchi, M, and Zheng, C. 2016. A lithofacies approach for modeling non-Fickian solute transport in a heterogeneous alluvial aquifer. Water Resources Research, 52, 552-565, doi:10.1002/2015WR018186.
Bianchi, M, Zheng, C, Wilson, C, Tick, G R, Liu, G, and Gorelick, S M. 2011. Spatial connectivity in a highly heterogeneous aquifer: From cores to preferential flow paths. Water Resources Research, 47, W05524, doi:10.1029/2009WR008966.
Zheng, C, Bianchi, M, and Gorelick, S M. 2011. Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Research at the MADE Site. Ground Water, 49(5), 649β662, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00753.x
Awards
- 2014 – BGS Research Fellowship, 51ΑΤΖζ, UK
- 2009 – Outstanding research by a Doctoral Student, The University of Alabama, USA