Geoffrey R. Tick
Assistant Professor of Hydrogeology
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Alabama
202 Bevill Research Building
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
Phone: (205) 348-4293; Fax: (205) 348-0818
E-mail: gtick@wgs.geo.ua.edu
Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources (Contaminant Hydrogeology) with a minor in Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 2003.
B.S. in Geology (Hydrogeology Emphasis), B.S. in Environmental Studies, and a minor in Chemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1996.
2004-present, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama.
1996-1997, Ground Water Specialist, Fuel Leaks Division, Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, California.
Investigation of contaminant transport in soil and groundwater systems.
Understanding the processes that influence transport of contaminants in porous media.
Impact of immiscible liquid sources on chemical transport in soil and groundwater systems.
Innovative technologies for the remediation of organic contaminants in the subsurface.
Enhanced-solubilization agents to improve the remediation of organic pollutants in groundwater.
Laboratory, field, and theoretical investigations of contaminant transport in porous media.
Methods to characterize subsurface heterogeneity and subsurface contamination.
Introduction to Geology
Introduction to Hydrogeology
Hydrogeology
Contaminant Hydrogeology
Hazardous Organic Pollutants
Soil and Groundwater Restoration
2003, NIEHS Superfund Quad-University/EPA Region 9 Conference: Emerging Scientific Issues for Superfund, University of Berkeley, Berkeley, California (October 8-10). "Cyclodextrin as a Solubilization-Enhancement Agent: From the Laboratory to the Field."
2003, NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program and Southwest Health Sciences Conference: Innovative Remediation Technologies, Tucson, Arizona (May 20). “Pilot-scale Demonstration of Cyclodextrin as a Solubility-Enhancement Agent for the Remediation of a Tetrachloroethene Contaminated Aquifer.”
2003, El Dia Del Agua Conference: Innovative Remediation Technologies. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (April 4). “Pilot-scale Demonstration of Cyclodextrin as a Solubility-Enhancement Agent for the Remediation of a Tetrachloroethene Contaminated Aquifer.”
2003, NGWA Southwest FOCUS Conference: Water Supply and Emerging Contaminants (February 20-21). “Pilot-scale Remediation of a PCE Contaminated Aquifer using Cyclodextrin: Mass Removal Effectiveness.”
2001, American Geophysical Union, Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California (Dec 10-14). “The Effect of Length Scale on TCE Dissolution in a Homogeneous System.”
2004, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting (November 9). Liu, G., Tick, G., Zheng, C., and Rincon, E. Tracer Tests at the MADE Site: Characterizing Small-Scale Preferential Flow Channels and Their Effects on Solute Transport.
2004, Alabama Groundwater Conference (June 3). Tick, G.R.; Brusseau, M.L.; Lourenso, F.; Wood, A.L. ́Pilot-Scale Remediation of Tetrachloroethene using Cyclodextrin as a Solubility Enhancement Agent: Mass Removal Effectiveness".
Tick, G.R.; F., Lourenso; A.L., Wood; M.L., Brusseau. Pilot-scale Demonstration of Cyclodextrin as a Solubility-Enhancement Agent for the Remediation of a Tetrachloroethene-Contaminated Aquifer. Environmental Science and Technology, Vol 37, No. 24, 5829-5834, 2003.
Brusseau, M.L., Z., Zhang, N.T., Nelson, R.B., Cain, G.R., Tick, and M., Oostrom. Dissolution of Non-Uniformly Distributed Immiscible Liquid: Intermediate-Scale Experiments and Mathematical Modeling. Environmental Science and Technology, Vol 36, No. 5, 1033-1041, 2002.